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Land And Property [2022] ZAFSHC 130

Open Space Media (Pty) Ltd v Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (733/2022)

Open Space Media (Pty) Ltd v Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (733/2022) [2022] ZAFSHC 130 (1 June 2022)

The High Court discharged a rule nisi in a billboard spoliation dispute, finding the urgent application defective, the affidavit flawed, and the removal lawful under the by-law.

  • Mandament Van Spolie
  • Municipal By Laws
  • Urgent Interdict
  • Locus Standi
  • Defective Affidavit
  • Self Help Remedy
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Civil Procedure [2018] ZANWHC 76

Maquassi-Hills Contractors v Oxy Trading (Pty) Ltd t/a D L Construction and Another (KPUM35/2018)

Maquassi-Hills Contractors v Oxy Trading (Pty) Ltd t/a D L Construction and Another (KPUM35/2018) [2018] ZANWHC 76 (13 December 2018)

The court dismissed an urgent ex parte application because the founding affidavit was improperly commissioned, urgency was not shown, and the papers were procedurally defective.

  • Urgent Interdict
  • Defective Affidavit
  • Ex Parte Application
  • Requirements For Interdict
  • Urgent-applications
  • Ex-parte-procedure
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Civil Procedure [2018] ZANWHC 85

MEC for Public Works and Roads and Another v Redelinghuys (1620/2015)

MEC for Public Works and Roads and Another v Redelinghuys (1620/2015) [2018] ZANWHC 85 (12 November 2018)

The High Court held it lacked jurisdiction to reinstate a bar-upliftment application after a final judgment and dismissed the condonation application with costs.

  • Commissioner Of Oaths Act
  • Defective Affidavit
  • Condonation
  • Substantial Compliance
  • Upliftment Of Bar
  • Jurisdiction
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Labour Law [2018] ZALCJHB 219

Malatji v Bokoni Platinum Mine and Others (JR456/15)

Malatji v Bokoni Platinum Mine and Others (JR456/15) [2018] ZALCJHB 219 (28 June 2018)

The Labour Court granted condonation for a late leave-to-appeal application but dismissed the application, finding no reasonable prospects of success.

  • Leave To Appeal
  • Condonation
  • Review Of Arbitration Award
  • Defective Affidavit
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Labour-court
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Labour Law [2007] ZALC 121

Tiger Food Brands Limited t/a Albany Bakeries v Levy NO and Others (C104/07)

Tiger Food Brands Limited t/a Albany Bakeries v Levy NO and Others (C104/07) [2007] ZALC 121; (2007) 28 ILJ 1808 (LC) (10 April 2007)

The court found that the applicant's founding affidavit was unsigned and therefore fatally defective, rendering the review application not properly before the court. Additionally, the application failed to specify or annex the arbitration award sought to be reviewed and did not set out any grounds for review. The applicant attempted to duplicate a dispute already decided by the bargaining council, and the proper course would have been to challenge the original ruling by Marion Shaer. The court concluded that the application was an exercise in futility and dismissed it, awarding costs to the t…

  • Review Of Arbitration Award
  • Defective Affidavit
  • Condonation
  • Unfair Dismissal
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