Tenants of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation v Eastern Cape Development Corporation (EL1788/2023)
Tenants of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation v Eastern Cape Development Corporation (EL1788/2023) [2025] ZAECELLC 6 (15 April 2025)
The court found that while the tenants shared the status of being occupiers of the respondent’s properties and all alleged a right of first refusal, the remaining claims were highly individualized, relating to maintenance, improvements, defects, and arrear rental. The absence of a draft pleading and the lack of detail in the affidavits rendered the application procedurally deficient. The respondent had already undertaken to afford tenants a right of first refusal, and any compensation claims would require individualized factual determinations. The court held that certification would not provi…
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- Class Action Certification
- Right Of First Refusal
- Alienation Of Land Act
- Interests Of Justice
- Arrear Rental
- Eviction Defences