Grancy Property Limited and Another v Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope and Others (3698/2014)
Grancy Property Limited and Another v Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope and Others (3698/2014) [2014] ZAWCHC 164 (5 November 2014)
The court found that the applicants were justified in launching the review application due to the respondents' failure to respond to requests for extension under PAJA and their belated opposition, which resulted in unnecessary costs. The respondents' conduct, including their late change of stance and eventual concession to the relief sought, constituted special circumstances warranting an adverse costs order. However, the court held that punitive costs were not justified, as there was no evidence of mala fides or egregious conduct, and that costs should be awarded on a party and party scale f…
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