South Africa Case Law

Sontsele v 140 Main Street Properties CC and Another (328/2019)

Sontsele v 140 Main Street Properties CC and Another (328/2019) [2020] ZASCA 85 (6 July 2020)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

328/2019

Judges

Ponnan, Mbha, Mokgohloa, Plasket, Ledwaba

The SCA held that a lease renewal option did not preserve the lease where rental was never agreed and the third-party determination clause was not invoked before expiry.

• Lease Renewal Option
• Agreement By Effluxion Of Time
• Rental Determination By Third Party
• Contractual Essentialia
• Lease-renewal-option
• Effluxion-of-time