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Administrative Law [2025] ZAGPJHC 594

ERF 1[...] Barbeque Downs (Pty) Limited v City of Johannesburg (2022/7898)

ERF 1[...] Barbeque Downs (Pty) Limited v City of Johannesburg (2022/7898) [2025] ZAGPJHC 594 (6 June 2025)

The High Court held that disputed municipal water accounts had prescribed because the applicant properly contested the specific debts under section 102(2).

  • Municipal Billing Disputes
  • Prescription Of Debt
  • Local Government Municipal Systems Act
  • Declaratory Relief
  • Municipal-billing-disputes
  • Prescription-of-debt
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Administrative Law [2025] ZAGPJHC 30

Erf 7 [ ... ] Robindale Five (Pty) Limited v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (2024/136466; 2023/077080; 2020/15428)

Erf 7 [ ... ] Robindale Five (Pty) Limited v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (2024/136466; 2023/077080; 2020/15428) [2025] ZAGPJHC 30; [2025] 2 All SA 162 (GJ) (6 January 2025)

Three urgent Johannesburg utility-disconnection disputes were consolidated. The court granted interdicts, found contempt in one matter, and ordered punitive costs.

  • Municipal Billing Disputes
  • Abuse Of Power
  • Procedural Fairness
  • Utility Disconnection
  • Civil Contempt
  • Costs Punitive Scale
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Administrative Law [2024] ZAGPJHC 420

Millu v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another (supplemental judgment) (25039/2021)

Millu v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another (supplemental judgment) (25039/2021) [2024] ZAGPJHC 420 (29 April 2024)

The court declined to hold a City legal advisor personally liable for costs, finding he acted as a subordinate functionary and had shown bona fides.

  • Municipal Billing Disputes
  • Costs Orders
  • Personal Accountability Of Officials
  • Failure To File Heads Of Argument
  • Municipal-billing-disputes
  • Costs-orders
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Administrative Law [2023] ZAGPJHC 1367

Isibaya House Body Corporate and Another v City of Johannesburg (2017/29079)

Isibaya House Body Corporate and Another v City of Johannesburg (2017/29079) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1367 (24 November 2023)

The High Court granted leave to appeal in a municipal billing dispute concerning prescription, rebilling of tariff errors, and costs.

  • Municipal Billing Disputes
  • Prescription Of Debt
  • Acknowledgment Of Debt
  • Costs Awards
  • Rebilling Of Tariffs
  • Municipal-billing-disputes
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