Gordon v Dickson and Others (2023/022277) [2025] ZAGPJHC 505 (26 May 2025)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
2023/022277
Judge
Dlamini
The High Court dismissed a Rule 33(4) separation application but granted discovery, holding the valuation issues were not suitably separable from the main claim.
Nortje v Du Toit (AR414/2023) [2024] ZAKZPHC 97 (1 November 2024)
Court
Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg
Case number
AR414/2023
Judges
Shapiro AJ, Olsen J
High Court appeal in a discovery dispute was dismissed because the refusal to compel further discovery was not appealable and the requested documents were irrelevant.
Dube v Minister of Police and Others (A031723-2022) [2023] ZAGPJHC 931 (21 August 2023)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
A031723-2022
Judges
Moorcroft, Du Plessis
The High Court held that a magistrates’ court ruling on further and better discovery was not a final judgment under section 83(b) and dismissed the appeal.
Helen Roper Consulting v Toyota Tshusho Africa (1171/2010) [2012] ZAKZPHC 37 (21 June 2012)
Court
Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg
Case number
1171/2010
Judge
D. Pillay
Costs ruling in a discovery application: the court split costs, finding the respondent’s offer to reserve costs for trial was reasonable and the applicant’s stance overreaching.
Pipechem CC v Mittal Steel South Africa Ltd (7072/2007) [2009] ZAWCHC 127 (2 March 2009)
Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
7072/2007
Judge
Van Reenen
The court found that the applications brought by the applicant were incoherent, confusing, and devoid of merit. The application to set aside the notice of set down was counterproductive to the applicant's stated desire for an expeditious trial and relied on inappropriate procedural rules. The alleged constitutional point was found to be baseless, as financial disparities between parties do not constitute a constitutional issue affecting trial fairness. The application regarding the subpoena for Mr Venter was rendered moot by the course of proceedings. Applications for discovery and further pa…