Esheria South Africa Case Law
Sign in
South Africa Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

South Africa Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
1 court collection
Last checked

Search and filter South Africa case law

Results update automatically as you type.

South Africa decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Delict [2020] ZAMPMHC 1

Bhembe v Minister of Police (4327/2018)

Bhembe v Minister of Police (4327/2018) [2020] ZAMPMHC 1 (16 January 2020)

Court
Middelburg High Court, Mpumalanga
Case number
4327/2018
Judge
Ratshibvumo

The High Court held the Minister of Police liable for injuries caused when an off-duty SAPS captain’s handgun discharged and shot the plaintiff.

  • Vicarious Liability
  • Accidental Discharge
  • Police Misconduct
  • Firearm Training
  • Damages For Personal Injury
  • Vicarious-liability
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

South Africa decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

Source links and collection timestamps are retained alongside the indexed records.