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Family And Children [2025] ZAGPJHC 691

S.R. v S.T.M. (2022/048303)

S.R. v S.T.M. (2022/048303) [2025] ZAGPJHC 691 (15 July 2025)

The High Court ordered the respondent to file a financial disclosure form in a Rule 43 dispute, rejecting privacy objections and holding that disclosure remained required despite a disputed marriage.

  • Customary Marriage Dispute
  • Rule 43 Maintenance
  • Financial Disclosure
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Spousal Maintenance
  • Child Maintenance
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Administrative Law [2025] ZAGPPHC 711

Independent Development Trust v Moepathutse Property Investments (Pty) Ltd (Application for Leave to Appeal) (2024/031868)

Independent Development Trust v Moepathutse Property Investments (Pty) Ltd (Application for Leave to Appeal) (2024/031868) [2025] ZAGPPHC 711 (11 July 2025)

The High Court refused IDT leave to appeal, holding that the applicants showed no reasonable prospects of success and that late affidavits were not properly before court.

  • Review Of Tender Award
  • Admissibility Of Hearsay Evidence
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Leave To Appeal Test
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Tender-review
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Civil Procedure [2024] ZAWCHC 234

Road Accident Fund v Kruger and Co and Others (16980/2021)

Road Accident Fund v Kruger and Co and Others (16980/2021) [2024] ZAWCHC 234 (3 September 2024)

The High Court refused RAF’s stay-of-execution application and held RAF’s attorneys liable for costs caused by delay in delivering the reasons request and file.

  • Stay Of Execution
  • Court Order Enforcement
  • Costs Order
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Court-order-enforcement
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Family And Children [2024] ZAGPJHC 336

L.R v T.S (2023/123933)

L.R v T.S (2023/123933) [2024] ZAGPJHC 336 (5 April 2024)

The court removed a divorce matter from the unopposed roll after finding the summons had not been personally served on the defendant.

  • Divorce Proceedings
  • Personal Service
  • Substituted Service
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Costs Order
  • Divorce-proceedings
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Family And Children [2023] ZAGPJHC 1231

M.S v R.G.S (21620 / 2019)

M.S v R.G.S (21620 / 2019) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1231 (26 October 2023)

The High Court ordered a respondent in pending divorce proceedings to file a financial disclosure form under the Judge President’s practice directive, with costs.

  • Maintenance Dispute
  • Financial Disclosure
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Divorce Proceedings
  • Maintenance-dispute
  • Financial-disclosure
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Civil Procedure [2023] ZAGPJHC 730

Road Accident Fund v Ma NO Marrime and Another (060951/2023 ; 061046/2023)

Road Accident Fund v Ma NO Marrime and Another (060951/2023 ; 061046/2023) [2023] ZAGPJHC 730 (26 June 2023)

The High Court struck two urgent Road Accident Fund applications off the roll, finding the urgency was self-created and insufficiently explained.

  • Stay Of Execution
  • Urgency Requirements
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Costs Award
  • Urgency-requirements
  • Stay-of-execution
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Civil Procedure [2021] ZAGPPHC 537

Twala and Another v Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (40281/2012)

Twala and Another v Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (40281/2012) [2021] ZAGPPHC 537 (18 August 2021)

The High Court dismissed a rescission application after an opposed summary judgment hearing, held the application for the second applicant was incompetent, and ordered personal costs against the attorney.

  • Rescission Of Judgment
  • Summary Judgment
  • Special Executability
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Rescission-of-judgment
  • Summary-judgment
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Land And Property [2019] ZAGPPHC 259

Williams v Nolan NO and Others (60400/2017)

Williams v Nolan NO and Others (60400/2017) [2019] ZAGPPHC 259 (20 June 2019)

The court authorised postnuptial execution and registration of an antenuptial contract, finding the parties had agreed its terms before marriage and that the beneficiary had standing.

  • Deeds Registries Act
  • Ante Nuptial Contract
  • Locus Standi
  • Matrimonial Regime Change
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Ante-nuptial-contract
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Constitutional Law [2015] ZAGPPHC 759

Freedom Under Law (RF) NPC v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (89849/2015)

Freedom Under Law (RF) NPC v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (89849/2015) [2015] ZAGPPHC 759 (19 November 2015)

Urgent application for interim interdicts was struck from the roll because the Gauteng Division practice directive was not complied with and urgency was not shown.

  • Urgency In Motion Court
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Interim Interdict
  • Disciplinary Proceedings Against State Officials
  • Self Created Urgency
  • Urgency-in-motion-court
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Civil Procedure [2015] ZAGPPHC 800

Keyes NO v Ellinas and Another (62385/13)

Keyes NO v Ellinas and Another (62385/13) [2015] ZAGPPHC 800 (18 November 2015)

The High Court postponed an application to compel better particulars and ordered the applicant to pay wasted costs after filing an incomplete court bundle.

  • Application To Compel
  • Wasted Costs
  • Practice Directive Compliance
  • Civil-procedure
  • Wasted-costs
  • Application-to-compel
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