Lanemode (Pty) Ltd v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (006300/2023)
Lanemode (Pty) Ltd v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (006300/2023) [2023] ZAGPJHC 255 (22 March 2023)
The court held that the applicant failed to establish urgency as required by Rule 6(12). The billboards had already been removed, and the respondent justified the removal on grounds of public safety. The applicant was not without remedy, as it could pay the necessary fine, retrieve its billboards, and pursue damages through ordinary proceedings. The harm alleged by the applicant was financial in nature, which, according to established legal principles, does not justify urgent relief. Consequently, the application was dismissed for lack of urgency.
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- Mandement Van Spolie
- Urgent Interdict
- Possession Of Billboards
- Rule 6 12 Urgency