Esheria South Africa Case Law
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

Search and filter South Africa case law

Results update automatically as you type.

South Africa decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Civil Procedure [2023] ZAECMHC 12

Z.R.M v Road Accident Fund (4041/2020)

Z.R.M v Road Accident Fund (4041/2020) [2023] ZAECMHC 12 (17 March 2023)

Court
Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha
Case number
4041/2020
Judge
R W N Brooks

The court criticised the use of plaintiff “damages affidavits” in default judgment claims for unliquidated damages and confirmed that oral evidence is required.

  • Default Judgment
  • Unliquidated Damages
  • Oral Evidence Requirement
  • Damages Affidavit
  • Costs Order
  • Default-judgment
Read case analysis
Administrative Law [1990] ZASCA 40

Marais NO v Tiley (377/88)

Marais NO v Tiley (377/88) [1990] ZASCA 40; 1990 (2) SA 899 (AD); (30 March 1990)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
377/88
Judges
Joubert, Hefer, Smalberger, Milne, Goldstone

The court held that an inquest should generally be public and led by oral evidence unless exceptional circumstances justify affidavits only.

  • Inquest Procedure
  • Judicial Discretion
  • Review Of Magistrate Decision
  • Oral Evidence Requirement
  • Inquest-procedure
  • Judicial-discretion
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.

Source links and collection timestamps are retained alongside the indexed records.