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Slabbert and Another v Moodie and Others (9688/2023) [2024] ZAGPPHC 230 (4 March 2024)
The High Court appointed a liquidator to realise and distribute partnership assets after a dissolved partnership remained unresolved for nearly three years.
Pooe v Macheke (72144/18) [2023] ZAGPPHC 1941 (8 November 2023)
The High Court found that a long-term cohabiting couple formed a tacit universal partnership and ordered its dissolution with equal division of assets.
Letsoko v Monthanga (25020/2020) [2022] ZAGPJHC 325 (3 May 2022)
The High Court found that the parties had formed a partnership over jointly owned property, dissolved it, appointed a liquidator, and dismissed the respondent’s counter-application.
L.M v R.K (9236/2014) [2022] ZAWCHC 1; [2022] 1 All SA 738 (WCC) (19 January 2022)
The court found that cohabiting partners formed a tacit universal partnership, pooled finances and assets, and ordered equal division of the estate.
Oosthuizen v Van Heerden (5619/2019) [2021] ZAFSHC 321 (30 November 2021)
The High Court found a universal partnership existed between cohabitants in a guesthouse business, dismissed the plaintiff’s claim, and ordered dissolution and liquidation.
Mncora v Butters, Butters v Mncora (881/2008, 3055/2010) [2010] ZAECPEHC 72 (7 December 2010)
The court found that the plaintiff had established the existence of a tacit universal partnership with the defendant, based on their joint decisions, shared family responsibilities, and the pooling of resources for the benefit of the household and children. Although the plaintiff did not participate directly in the business, her contributions to the family and home were integral to the partnership's success. The court rejected the defendant's evidence as unreliable and found that equity required a division of partnership assets, awarding the plaintiff 30% of the net asset value as at 1 Januar…
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Bergman and Others v Van der Westhuizen (9564/2006) [2010] ZAWCHC 111 (26 February 2010)
The court upheld a partnership dissolution account against a radiologist, rejected a liquidation argument, dismissed counterclaims, and awarded punitive costs.
Du Plessis v Swartz (17015/03) [2003] ZAGPHC 12 (9 October 2003)
The court granted final relief in a partnership dispute, ordering payment of specified sums, monthly interim payments, a full accounting, and an interdict on withdrawals.
Burger NO and Another v Erasmus en Andere (507/94) [1996] ZASCA 26 (27 March 1996)
Curators were not obliged to approve a farm-sale arrangement with the Land Bank; their refusal was not shown to be mala fide, and the appeal succeeded.
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