Swanepoel N.O. (Executor in the Estate Late Mignon Adelia Steyn) v Profmed Medical Scheme (CCT 336/22)
Swanepoel N.O. (Executor in the Estate Late Mignon Adelia Steyn) v Profmed Medical Scheme (CCT 336/22) [2024] ZACC 23; 2025 (1) SA 33 (CC); 2025 (2) BCLR 205 (CC) (9 October 2024)
The Constitutional Court held that the right to just administrative action under PAJA is transmissible to a deceased estate where the estate has a financial interest in the outcome. The Appeal Board's proceedings were procedurally unfair, as Ms Steyn was denied the opportunity to respond to new grounds (hip arthroscopy) and lead evidence. The Court found that mere diagnostic procedures and common conditions such as gastritis do not constitute material non-disclosure under section 29(2)(e) of the Medical Schemes Act. The statutory test for materiality does not dispense with the common law requ…
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- Medical Schemes Act
- Material Non Disclosure
- Procedural Fairness
- Promotion Of Administrative Justice Act
- Standing In Review
- Contractual Inducement