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Delict [2020] ZAWCHC 73

Barrie-Smith v Marsicano Merchants CC t/a South Atlantic Cables (A292/2019)

Barrie-Smith v Marsicano Merchants CC t/a South Atlantic Cables (A292/2019) [2020] ZAWCHC 73 (5 August 2020)

Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
A292/2019
Judges
Le Grange, Binns-Ward, Wille

Appeal against a finding of fraudulent misrepresentation inducing credit. The High Court held the appellant helped tell a false Irish funding story and dismissed the appeal with costs.

  • Fraudulent Misrepresentation
  • Inducement
  • Causation
  • Credit Extension
  • Damages Quantification
  • Fraudulent-misrepresentation
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Commercial And Corporate [2001] ZASCA 44

Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery Ltd v Apostolos Vlachos t/a Liquor Den (117/99)

Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery Ltd v Apostolos Vlachos t/a Liquor Den (117/99) [2001] ZASCA 44; [2001] 3 All SA 577 (A); 2001 (3) SA 597 (SCA) (27 March 2001)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
117/99
Judges
Nienaber, Marais, Olivier, Melunsky, Nugent

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the respondent was not estopped from denying liability for post-sale debts because Da Silva’s later fraud, not the respondent’s silence, induced further credit.

  • Estoppel
  • Misrepresentation
  • Causation
  • Sale Of Business
  • Credit Extension
  • Sale-of-business
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