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Delict [2025] ZAMPMBHC 47

Adv Kok obo Smuts v Road Accident Fund (611/2023)

Adv Kok obo Smuts v Road Accident Fund (611/2023) [2025] ZAMPMBHC 47 (4 June 2025)

The court rejected a claimed head-injury link, awarded proven orthopaedic damages and past medical expenses, and dismissed the loss-of-earnings claim.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Personal Injury Damages
  • Quantum Of Damages
  • Medical Expenses
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • Road-accident-fund
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Civil Procedure [2024] ZAECMKHC 119

Yeomans v MEC for Roads and Public Works of the Eastern Cape Province (3889/2015)

Yeomans v MEC for Roads and Public Works of the Eastern Cape Province (3889/2015) [2024] ZAECMKHC 119 (29 October 2024)

The court granted a further interim payment in a personal injury claim, finding rule 34A was met and ordering expedited steps to trial.

  • Interim Payment
  • Personal Injury Damages
  • Rule 34a Uniform Rules
  • Quantification Of Damages
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • Medical Expenses
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Civil Procedure [2012] ZAKZPHC 62

Kruger v Thompson (10662/2009)

Kruger v Thompson (10662/2009) [2012] ZAKZPHC 62 (26 September 2012)

The High Court upheld a special plea of res judicata and dismissed a personal injury claim arising from a jet-ski collision, holding the earlier property-damage claim should have included all damages.

  • Res Judicata
  • Once And For All Rule
  • Aquilian Action
  • Issue Estoppel
  • Personal Injury Damages
  • Multiplicity Of Actions
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Delict [2011] ZANWHC 86

Mthethwa v Road Accident Fund (92/2009)

Mthethwa v Road Accident Fund (92/2009) [2011] ZANWHC 86 (21 April 2011)

The court held that a minor child’s accident-related head injury caused loss of future earning capacity and awarded damages with contingencies applied.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Loss Of Earning Capacity
  • Contingency Deductions
  • Expert Evidence
  • Personal Injury Damages
  • Road-accident-fund-act
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