Styger and Others v DDD Diesel Deliveries (Pty) Ltd and Others (2024-055364) [2024] ZAGPPHC 501 (28 May 2024)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
2024-055364
Judge
GN Moshoana
The High Court dismissed an urgent bid to stop a shareholders’ meeting on removing a director, finding no proven unlawfulness and a material dispute of fact.
Glencore South Africa Oil Investments Proprietary Limited v Ramano and Others (010321/2019) [2019] ZAGPJHC 538; [2020] 1 All SA 403 (GJ); 2020 (3) SA 419 (GJ) (30 September 2019)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
010321/2019
Judge
P.N. Levenberg
The court found that the Applicant was entitled to its costs as the successful party in the urgent application. The Respondents, led by the First Respondent, failed to honour irrevocable undertakings and engaged in conduct inconsistent with good faith, creating uncertainty in a high-value transaction. The court rejected the argument that costs should not be awarded in unopposed matters, noting that the Respondents' actions amounted to a form of opposition and that the practice in the division supports costs following the event. The court held that the application was necessary and urgent, and…