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Labour Law [2025] ZALCJHB 319

Ramuthwala v Hudaco Trading (Pty) Ltd ta Ambro Steel (J614/2024)

Ramuthwala v Hudaco Trading (Pty) Ltd ta Ambro Steel (J614/2024) [2025] ZALCJHB 319 (25 July 2025)

The Labour Court struck an urgent application off the roll, finding the applicant failed to show urgency and had other adequate remedies for his backpay claim.

  • Urgent Application
  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Reinstatement
  • Backpay
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Urgent-application
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Administrative Law [2025] ZAGPPHC 414

Mamokebe Investments (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral and Energy and Others (2025/036849)

Mamokebe Investments (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral and Energy and Others (2025/036849) [2025] ZAGPPHC 414 (22 April 2025)

The High Court dismissed an urgent bid to stop a mining-right transfer, finding the matter premature because ministerial consent had not yet been decided.

  • Mining Right Transfer
  • Interim Interdict
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Ministerial Consent
  • Registration Of Rights
  • Mining-right-transfer
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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAGPPHC 91

Freshminds Marketing and Communications CC v Vodacom Group Limited (2024/149484)

Freshminds Marketing and Communications CC v Vodacom Group Limited (2024/149484) [2025] ZAGPPHC 91 (3 February 2025)

Urgent interdict application struck off the roll for lack of urgency after the court found the delay was self-created and unexplained.

  • Urgent Interdict
  • Contractual Rights
  • Self Created Urgency
  • Prima Facie Right
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Urgent-interdict
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Civil Procedure [2023] ZAWCHC 149

Levi and Another v Blankitny and Another (2611/2022)

Levi and Another v Blankitny and Another (2611/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 149 (13 June 2023)

High Court granted a final interdict restraining harassment, threats, intimidation, and defamatory communications, and found no costs order appropriate.

  • Final Interdict
  • Harassment
  • Defamation
  • Jurisdiction Of High Court
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Final-interdict
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Banking And Finance [2021] ZASCA 148

JP Markets v Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) (460/2021)

JP Markets v Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) (460/2021) [2021] ZASCA 148; 2022 (4) SA 94 (SCA) (20 October 2021)

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the Financial Sector Conduct Authority was authorised under section 96 of the Financial Markets Act to apply for the liquidation of JP Markets SA (Pty) Limited, as the requirement that an investigation had been conducted was satisfied by the ongoing investigation. However, the Court found that the evidence did not establish systemic risk or misconduct justifying liquidation. JP Markets was solvent, had applied for an ODP licence, and alternative remedies were available. Liquidation prior to the determination of the licence application would not achieve th…

  • Financial Markets Act
  • Otc Derivatives Regulation
  • Just And Equitable Winding Up
  • Licensing Requirements
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Public Interest
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Labour Law [2021] ZALCJHB 270

National Transport Movement v Interstate Bus Lines and Another (J292/18)

National Transport Movement v Interstate Bus Lines and Another (J292/18) [2021] ZALCJHB 270 (8 September 2021)

The Labour Court dismissed an application for declaratory relief on lis alibi pendens and jurisdictional grounds, holding that the pending CCMA section 21 dispute had to run its course.

  • Organisational Rights
  • Lis Alibi Pendens
  • Jurisdiction Of Ccma
  • Declaratory Relief
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Alternative Remedies
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Civil Procedure [2021] ZAGPPHC 497

Moller N.O and Another v Krypton Mining (Pty) Ltd and Another (25503/2021)

Moller N.O and Another v Krypton Mining (Pty) Ltd and Another (25503/2021) [2021] ZAGPPHC 497 (12 August 2021)

The court found that the applicants, by referring their employment dispute to the CCMA, conceded that the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the Labour Relations Act, which provides specific remedies and ousts the High Court's jurisdiction for unfair dismissal claims. The applicants did not base their application on a breach of contract of employment but rather on an alleged breach of the company's Memorandum of Incorporation, which does not govern employment relations. The court distinguished the present case from Baloyi, noting that the constitutional issue raised in Baloyi was absent…

  • Leave To Appeal Requirements
  • Jurisdiction Of High Court
  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Shareholder Meeting Compulsion
  • Peremption
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Civil Procedure [2020] ZAFSHC 187

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality v Eskom Holdings SOC Limited and Others (3627/2020)

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality v Eskom Holdings SOC Limited and Others (3627/2020) [2020] ZAFSHC 187 (22 October 2020)

Urgent application to release R20 million from attached municipal funds dismissed for lack of urgency, lis alibi pendens, and available alternative remedies.

  • Interim Interdict
  • Urgency
  • Lis Alibi Pendens
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Writ Of Execution
  • Lis-alibi-pendens
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Labour Law [2019] ZALCJHB 291

Simpson v Sisonke Budpol Construction CC (J2042/19)

Simpson v Sisonke Budpol Construction CC (J2042/19) [2019] ZALCJHB 291 (18 October 2019)

The Labour Court dismissed an urgent application for lack of urgency and jurisdiction, holding that the applicant had other remedies and that dismissal disputes must follow the LRA process.

  • Urgent Application Rule 8
  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Automatically Unfair Dismissal
  • Jurisdiction
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Urgent-application
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Labour Law [2019] ZALCD 10

Mbatha v Dube Tradeport Corporation (D1269/2019)

Mbatha v Dube Tradeport Corporation (D1269/2019) [2019] ZALCD 10 (15 October 2019)

The Labour Court dismissed an urgent application seeking to declare a dismissal unlawful and void, holding that urgency was not established and remedies lay under the LRA.

  • Unlawful Dismissal
  • Jurisdiction Of Labour Court
  • Urgent Relief
  • Contractual Termination
  • Alternative Remedies
  • Urgent-relief
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