Balwin Properties Ltd v Axton Matrix Construction (Pty) Ltd and Another (2021/56565) [2024] ZAGPJHC 494 (22 May 2024)

Balwin Properties Ltd v Axton Matrix Construction (Pty) Ltd and Another (2021/56565) [2024] ZAGPJHC 494 (22 May 2024)

The court held that the orders made in the main judgment, which permitted the joinder of Balwin Properties Ltd and granted ancillary procedural relief, are not appealable. Applying the Zweni principles, the court found that these orders do not dispose of any substantive relief in the main review application and are purely procedural in nature. The intervention and joinder do not regulate the rights of the parties outside the proceedings nor do they constitute an acceptable deviation from the established test for appealability. Allowing an appeal in these circumstances would result in piecemeal adjudication and delay the resolution of the substantive dispute. Accordingly, the application...

Citation
[2024] ZAGPJHC 494
Parties
Applicant: Balwin Properties Ltd; Respondent: Axton Matrix Construction (Pty) Ltd; Respondent: Yahweh 1 Construction and Projects CC
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Judgment Date
22 May 2024
Case Number
2021/56565
Procedural Posture
Leave to Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal Following Main Judgment on Joinder and Procedural Relief
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs, including costs of two counsel on the B scale.
Judges
Salmon AJ
Legal Topics
Appealability, Joinder, Interlocutory Orders, Costs Award
Civil Procedure Appealability Joinder Interlocutory Orders Costs Award

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Parties

Balwin Properties Ltd

Applicant

Axton Matrix Construction (Pty) Ltd

Respondent

Yahweh 1 Construction and Projects CC

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Leave to Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal Following Main Judgment on Joinder and Procedural Relief

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the orders made in the main judgment permitting joinder and ancillary procedural relief are appealable.
  2. 2 Whether the application for leave to appeal should be granted.

Ratio Decidendi

The court held that the orders made in the main judgment, which permitted the joinder of Balwin Properties Ltd and granted ancillary procedural relief, are not appealable. Applying the Zweni principles, the court found that these orders do not dispose of any substantive relief in the main review application and are purely procedural in nature. The intervention and joinder do not regulate the rights of the parties outside the proceedings nor do they constitute an acceptable deviation from the established test for appealability. Allowing an appeal in these circumstances would result in piecemeal adjudication and delay the resolution of the substantive dispute. Accordingly, the application...

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs, including costs of two counsel on the B scale.

Orders

  • The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
  • Axton Matrix Construction (Pty) Ltd and Yahweh 1 Construction and Projects CC are ordered to pay the costs of the application, jointly and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved, including the costs of two counsel on the B scale.