Stearns v Robispec (Pty) Ltd (27949/2017) [2020] ZAGPJHC 42 (9 March 2020)
Monday, 30 March 2020
SUMMARY Mr Bradley Russel Stearns, a 51-year-old man (the “Plaintiff”) sued Robispec (Pty) Ltd (the “Defendant”) in respect of an accident that occurred in a Pick n Pay store which is owned and manged by the Defendant (“the Store”). On 03 April 2017 the Plaintiff ruptured his left bicep as a result of a poorly
- Published in 2020, Civil Procedure
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Van der Bijl and Another v Featherbrooke Estate Home Owners’ Association (NPC) 2019 (1) SA 642 (GJ)
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY The Plaintiffs in the matter, Mr. and Mrs. van der Bijl, brought an action for damages against the Defendants, Featherbrooke Estate Home Owners’ Association NPC (“the Association”) and Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd (“Fidelity”), the security company employed by the Association to safeguard and protect the estate and its residents. The
- Published in 2019, Law of Delict, News
Government of the Western Cape: Department of Social Development v Barley & others [2018] ZASCA 166 SCA.
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
SUMMARY This matter concerned a delictual claim against the Department of Social Welfare (“the Province”) and an early child development facility, “Aunty Dawn’s”, run by Ms Moore (“Moore”). The parents of Ava Barley a five-month old minor female (“Ava”), Mr and Mrs Barley (the “Barleys”) instituted a claim against Moore and the Province for damages
- Published in News, 2019, Civil Procedure
C v Greeff (16969/2011) [2018] ZAWCHC 73 (12 June 2018)
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
SUMMARY The plaintiff in this matter is seeking to recover damages from the defendant, a general medical practitioner. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant was negligent in that the defendant failed to properly diagnose the plaintiff’s stroke. In the second claim, the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the failure of the defendant to properly
- Published in News, 2018, Medical Negligence
