South Africa Case Law

Pappalardo v Hau (63/08)

Pappalardo v Hau (63/08) [2009] ZASCA 160; 2010 (2) SA 451 (SCA) ; [2010] 2 All SA 338 (SCA) (30 November 2009)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

63/08

Judges

Streicher, Heher, Hurt, Leach, Griesel

The SCA held that a lower-lying owner need only accept the natural flow of water, and the upper owner failed to prove that flow or justify drainage onto the neighbour’s land.

• Neighbour Law
• Drainage Rights
• Urban Servitudes
• Natural Flow Of Water
• Neighbour-law
• Stormwater-drainage