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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAFSHC 53

Wessels N.O and Another v Selosesha Development (Pty) Ltd and Others (3492/2024)

Wessels N.O and Another v Selosesha Development (Pty) Ltd and Others (3492/2024) [2025] ZAFSHC 53 (27 February 2025)

The High Court dismissed a Rule 23 exception, holding the particulars of claim were sufficiently pleaded and not prejudicially vague.

  • Exception Procedure
  • Joint Venture Agreement
  • Directors Liability
  • Pre Incoporation Contracts
  • Shareholder Rights
  • Civil-procedure
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Commercial And Corporate [2022] ZAGPJHC 635

Matlala v Mmela Investment Holdings (PTY) Ltd and Others (25524/2019)

Matlala v Mmela Investment Holdings (PTY) Ltd and Others (25524/2019) [2022] ZAGPJHC 635 (11 July 2022)

The High Court dismissed an exception to a declaration in a contract dispute, holding the pleaded facts could support liability and costs should lie where they fall.

  • Pre Incoporation Contracts
  • Stipulatio Alteri
  • Exception Procedure
  • Company Liability
  • Exception-procedure
  • Stipulatio-alteri
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Civil Procedure [2020] ZAGPPHC 632

Van der Hoven v Van der Westhuizen (A35/2018)

Van der Hoven v Van der Westhuizen (A35/2018) [2020] ZAGPPHC 632 (16 October 2020)

The High Court held that an oral agreement to fund and structure a company was not a pre-incorporation contract, stipulatio alteri, or land alienation.

  • Exception Procedure
  • Pre Incoporation Contracts
  • Stipulatio Alteri
  • Alienation Of Land Act
  • Repudiation
  • Restitution
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Commercial And Corporate [2015] ZAGPPHC 133

Global House of Accounting (Pty) Ltd t/a House of Accountants v Steyl (A644/2014)

Global House of Accounting (Pty) Ltd t/a House of Accountants v Steyl (A644/2014) [2015] ZAGPPHC 133 (4 March 2015)

The High Court dismissed an appeal over payment for accounting services, finding the respondent sued in his own name and had not ceded the claim to a close corporation.

  • Locus Standi
  • Cession Of Claims
  • Pre Incoporation Contracts
  • Oral Agreement Amendment
  • Cession-of-claims
  • Locus-standi
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