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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAGPPHC 226

Betty Happy Xaba Trust v Rubicon Trust Company Ltd and Others (015371/2025)

Betty Happy Xaba Trust v Rubicon Trust Company Ltd and Others (015371/2025) [2025] ZAGPPHC 226 (6 March 2025)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
015371/2025
Judge
Labuschagne

The court dismissed a beneficiary’s attempt to liquidate a trust company in a derivative capacity, holding that the Benningfield Exception did not apply.

  • Trust Law
  • Derivative Action
  • Fiduciary Duty
  • Benningfield Exception
  • Trust-law
  • Derivative-action
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Civil Procedure [2023] ZAGPPHC 2066

Sasser (Jnr) and Others v Sasser (Snr) and Others (56520/2021)

Sasser (Jnr) and Others v Sasser (Snr) and Others (56520/2021) [2023] ZAGPPHC 2066 (10 March 2023)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
56520/2021
Judge
M M Rip

The High Court upheld an exception, finding the trust beneficiaries had not pleaded facts showing the trust could not act, so the Benningfield exception did not apply.

  • Trust Beneficiary Locus Standi
  • Benningfield Exception
  • Fiduciary Duty Of Trustee
  • Pleading Requirements
  • Representative Action
  • Trust-beneficiary-locus-standi
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