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Delict [2024] ZAMPMHC 24

Maboe v Road Accident Fund (2985/2020)

Maboe v Road Accident Fund (2985/2020) [2024] ZAMPMHC 24 (12 March 2024)

The High Court held that a Road Accident Fund claim in a hit-and-run matter had prescribed because the only proven lodgement was out of time.

  • Road Accident Fund Prescription
  • Hit And Run Claims
  • Lodgement Requirements
  • Jurisdictional Pleading
  • Road-accident-fund
  • Prescription
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Civil Procedure [2016] ZAGPJHC 272

Haywood v Road Accident Fund (37961/2012)

Haywood v Road Accident Fund (37961/2012) [2016] ZAGPJHC 272 (9 September 2016)

The plaintiff lodged his claim with the Road Accident Fund more than two years after the date of the collision, and failed to provide sufficient particulars of the driver and vehicle as required by the Act and its regulations. The subsequent provision of the driver's identity occurred more than five years after the collision, depriving the RAF of its statutory advantages to investigate and assess liability. The plaintiff's minority at the time of the collision was of negligible consequence, as he attained majority less than two months after the incident. The requirements of the Act and regula…

  • Prescription
  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Personal Injury
  • Lodgement Requirements
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