Batohi v Roux (12476/2012) [2018] ZAKZDHC 56; [2019] 1 All SA 390 (KZD) (16 November 2018)

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY The Defendant is a practicing neurosurgeon and the Plaintiff was his patient. During or about 2004, the Plaintiff consulted with the Defendant in respect of a nerve related pain. The Defendant operated on the Plaintiff to repair, inter alia, an intervertebral disc herniation. The operation was successful and the Plaintiff was rendered
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David Kassel v Thompson Reuters (Markets) SA (16/34227) [2018] ZAGPJHC 413; 2019 (1) SA 251 (GJ) (12 June 2018)

SUMMARY Mr Kessel (“Applicant”) was a non-executive director of Mbada Diamonds Ltd (“Mbada”), which was a joint venture with the Zimbabwean Government. The Applicant relinquished his position as a non-executive director of Mbada on 8 October 2014. Thompson Reuters (“Respondent”) has an international database of Politically Exposed Persons (“PEPs”) and provides a service to subscribers
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