Sindor v Road Accident Fund (826432/017) [2024] ZAGPPHC 917 (5 September 2024)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
82643/2017
Judge
Francis-Subbiah
The High Court dismissed a review of taxation and confirmed the taxing master’s reduction of shuttle-service disbursements in a Road Accident Fund costs bill.
Margolis and Another v Office Installations SA (Pty) Ltd and Another (44154/2021) [2024] ZAGPPHC 433 (30 April 2024)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
44154/2021
Judge
Omphemetse Mooki
The High Court held that the plaintiffs proved an oral mandate entitling them to recover outstanding litigation disbursements, with interest and costs.
R H Christie Incorporated v Taxing Master - Supreme Court of Appeal (1086/2018) [2021] ZASCA 152 (27 October 2021)
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
1086/2018
Judge
NAVSA
The Supreme Court of Appeal partially upheld a review of taxation, allowing only certain disputed cost items and otherwise confirming the taxing master’s reductions.
Meihuizen Freight (PTY) Ltd v Transportes Maritimos de Portugal lda and Others (AC 128/02) [2002] ZAWCHC 63; 2003 (5) SA 148 (C); [2002] 4 All SA 737 (C) (15 November 2002)
Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
AC 128/02
Judge
Davis
The court held that the attachment and arrest of the freight monies was valid under the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulations Act, as the order granted by Nel J was sufficiently broad to permit attachment of the claim to the money held by the bank for the benefit of the first respondent. The Act recognizes freight as a form of property that can be attached, and the concept of 'owner' in this context includes a person entitled to receive the money, not just the bank holding the funds. The court found that only the portion of the funds to which the first respondent was entitled at the time of atta…