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Civil Procedure [2020] ZAFSHC 139

Jonker v Van Tonder (1979/2020)

Jonker v Van Tonder (1979/2020) [2020] ZAFSHC 139 (19 August 2020)

The court granted urgent spoliation relief, restoring possession of an outbuilding to the applicant and rejecting the respondent’s counter-spoliation defence.

  • Mandament Van Spolie
  • Urgent Interdict
  • Possession And Dispossession
  • Counter Spoliation
  • Mandament-van-spolie
  • Urgent-interdict
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Civil Procedure [2017] ZAGPPHC 974

Dotcom Trading 849 CC v Rand Water (A908/2015)

Dotcom Trading 849 CC v Rand Water (A908/2015) [2017] ZAGPPHC 974 (12 May 2017)

Appeal dismissed: the spoliation remedy could not be used to enforce disputed contractual rights, and the relief had become moot.

  • Mandament Van Spolie
  • Urgent Application
  • Possession And Dispossession
  • Specific Performance
  • Mootness
  • Superior Courts Act
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Civil Procedure [2017] ZAGPPHC 249

Hyprop Investments Ltd v Jenni Button (Pty) Ltd and Klopper N.O. (Intervening) (65643/2015, A787/2015)

Hyprop Investments Ltd v Jenni Button (Pty) Ltd and Klopper N.O. (Intervening) (65643/2015, A787/2015) [2017] ZAGPPHC 249 (25 April 2017)

The High Court upheld an appeal against a spoliation order, finding the applicant failed to prove possession of the premises and the order was unenforceable.

  • Mandament Van Spolie
  • Possession And Dispossession
  • Locus Standi
  • Enforceability Of Orders
  • Mandament-van-spolie
  • Possession-and-dispossession
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