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Myburg N.O v Moolman and Others (2024/032378) [2025] ZAGPPHC 424 (30 April 2025)
Executor obtained interim relief compelling return of a Porsche from a purchaser who relied on an unsigned estate sale agreement and a disputed agency arrangement.
Aesthesis Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Eksteen Administration Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others (2024-010596) [2025] ZAGPPHC 77 (20 January 2025)
The High Court dismissed an application to rectify Exah’s securities register, finding no basis for spoliation or section 161 relief and no actual harm.
Bila Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd v Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (21344/2019) [2023] ZAGPPHC 618 (31 July 2023)
The High Court held that no binding contract had been concluded between Bila Civil Contractors and PRASA because material issues were still unresolved.
Geldenhuys N.O and Others v Coega Development Corporation (Pty) Ltd (1069/2016) [2023] ZAECQBHC 37 (13 June 2023)
The court found no oral contract between the Trust and Coega. It held that Petersen acted for SBFS, not Coega, so the plaintiffs’ claim for payment failed.
Herclass and Another v Herclass (2322/2021) [2022] ZAFSHC 157 (29 June 2022)
The High Court dismissed a father's claim for repayment of an alleged R536 000 loan because the loan terms, especially repayment, were not pleaded or proved.
Canton Trading 17 (Pty) Ltd v Hattingh NO (1293/2018) [2019] ZAFSHC 250 (10 December 2019)
The court dismissed an appeal over referral of a construction dispute to arbitration, holding that the appellant’s denial of the agreement was not credible.
Kgopana v Matlala (1081/2018) [2019] ZASCA 174 (2 December 2019)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that a WhatsApp message about sharing lottery winnings was not a binding offer, so no contract arose.
M.M obo A.M v Kgopana (3941/2016) [2018] ZALMPPHC 29 (29 June 2018)
The court found that the Defendant's WhatsApp message constituted a clear and unequivocal offer to pay R1,000,000 to the Plaintiff for the benefit of the minor child, conditional upon winning the lottery—a condition that had already been fulfilled. The Plaintiff accepted the offer, and the surrounding circumstances supported the conclusion that a reasonable person in her position would have understood the message as a genuine undertaking. The Defendant's conduct, including his mendacity and attempts to conceal the lottery winnings, undermined his credibility. The court applied the objective t…
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JBF Investments (Pty) Ltd v Stewarts Lloyds Holding (Pty) Ltd (2016/01916) [2018] ZAGPJHC 399 (28 May 2018)
The High Court held that the parties concluded an enforceable 2013 lease despite one signature missing, and rejected a month-to-month lease defence.
Vincorp (Pty) Ltd v Trust Hungary ZRT (061/2017) [2018] ZASCA 35 (27 March 2018)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that Trust Hungary failed to prove a sale contract with Vincorp for wine barrels, finding Vincorp acted only as a logistical and financing agent.
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