R.J.V.R and Another (068491/2023), Ex parte
R.J.V.R and Another (068491/2023), Ex parte [2023] ZAGPPHC 2057 (30 November 2023)
The court found that the intervening party, as the biological son of the patient and deceased, has a direct and substantial interest in the proceedings for the appointment of a curator. Denial of access to the case papers and exclusion from the application would result in substantial injustice and violate the audi alteram partem principle. The court exercised its inherent jurisdiction to allow intervention, holding that all interested family members must be afforded an opportunity to be heard, especially where their rights to inheritance and access to their mother are at stake. The procedural…
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- Curator Appointment
- Joinder Of Parties
- Locus Standi
- Audi Alteram Partem
- Intervention In Ex Parte Application