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
2 court collections
Last checked

South Africa decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Civil Procedure [2025] ZAECELLC 8

Road Accident Fund v Sheriff: East London and Others (837/2024)

Road Accident Fund v Sheriff: East London and Others (837/2024) [2025] ZAECELLC 8 (24 April 2025)

The court held that a Rule 45(5) undertaking by the judgment debtor alone was defective, so the sheriff could remove the attached movable property.

  • Interpretation Of Uniform Rules
  • Rule 45 Undertaking
  • Suretyship Requirements
  • Attachment And Removal Of Property
  • Rule-45-5-undertaking
  • Sheriff-execution
Read case analysis
Civil Procedure [2023] ZAWCHC 129

Ingenuity Property Investments (Pty) Ltd v Ignite Fitness (Pty) Ltd (9845/2022)

Ingenuity Property Investments (Pty) Ltd v Ignite Fitness (Pty) Ltd (9845/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 129; [2023] 3 All SA 458 (WCC); 2023 (5) SA 439 (WCC) (29 May 2023)

The court held that Rule 32 does not expressly prohibit the simultaneous delivery of a replication and an application for summary judgment. The absence of such a prohibition, combined with the fact that both Rule 25 and Rule 32 prescribe the same 15-day period after delivery of the plea, means that a plaintiff may deliver both simultaneously. The court found that delivering a replication does not necessarily constitute a waiver of the right to apply for summary judgment, as waiver requires clear intention or conduct inconsistent with the right. The authorities relied upon by the defendant do…

  • Summary Judgment
  • Rule 30 Irregular Step
  • Replication And Pleadings
  • Waiver Of Right
  • Interpretation Of Uniform Rules
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.