SUMMARY In Snyders & others v De Jager & others 2017 (3) SA 545 (CC), the Constitutional Court held that an eviction order granted under the provisions of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 (“ESTA”), and confirmed on automatic review, should be appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”). Accordingly,
- Published in 2019, Municipal Law, News, Property Law
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SUMMARY Kerry Archer (the “Applicant”) was dismissed from his position as Business Manager of Pinelands High School (the “First Respondent”). The Applicant initially approached the CCMA on the basis that he had been unfairly and unlawfully dismissed from his employment. The Parties before the CCMA were the Applicant, the First Respondent and the Governing Body
- Published in 2019, Labour Law, News
SUMMARY BKB Limited (“the Plaintiff”) entered into a verbal agreement with Pieter Bezuidenhout (“the Defendant”), wherein the Plaintiff would deliver fertilizer to the Defendant at the Defendant’s special instance, from time to time. Upon delivery of the fertilizer, it was an express, alternatively implied, alternatively tacit term that the Defendant would be invoiced, and that
- Published in 2019, News, Prescription
Truworths Ltd v Primark Holdings (989/2017)2018.
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
SUMMARY In casu, the appellant is Truworths Ltd (“Truworths”) a well-known fashion retailer in South Africa and the respondent is Primark Holdings, a discount fast-fashion clothing retailer (“Primark”) Truworths intended to register the mark “PRIMARK” in class 25 of the Trade Marks Register, which includes inter alia, clothing, boots, shoes and slippers. Primark, the proprietor
- Published in 2019, Intellectual Property, News
Comments on COJ’s 2019 Rates and Credit Control Policy Review
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
By Musa Mathebula, Associate, and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction The comments that follow are made by the Municipal Law Department of Schindlers Attorneys in response to the COJ’s invitation for public comment on their rates and credit control policies during February 2019. Prerogative of Valuer to decide Rates Category Section 48, read with section 34,
- Published in 2019, Municipal Law, News, Property Law
By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction Property valuation rolls are quite complicated. Below is a brief explanation of how valuations and valuation rolls work. Bitou’s 2017 General Valuation Roll The Bitou Municipality (“Bitou”) 2017 General Valuation Roll (“2017 GV”) was released for public inspection and comment from 21 February 2017 to 24 March 2017. This is
- Published in 2019, Municipal Law, News, Property Law
Bushbuckridge Municipality’s 2019 General Valuation Roll
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
Introduction Property valuation rolls are quite complicated. Below is a brief explanation of how valuations and valuation rolls work. Bushbuckridge’s 2019 General Valuation Roll The Bushbuckridge Municipality’s (“the Municipality”) 2019 General Valuation Roll (“2019 GV”) is open for inspection. It is open from 15 February 2019 to 19 April 2019. It is available for inspection
- Published in 2019, Municipal Law, News, Property Law
Cape Town Municipality’s 2018 General Valuation Roll
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner and Lauren Squier, Candidate Attorney Introduction Property valuation rolls are quite complicated. Below is a brief explanation of how valuations and valuation rolls work. Cape Town’s 2018 General Valuation Roll Cape Town Municipality’s (“the Municipality”) 2018 General Valuation Roll (“2019 GV”) is open for inspection. It is open from 21 February
- Published in 2019, Municipal Law, News, Property Law
SUMMARY This case dealt with an application for the restoration of a clothing and shoe retail store (the “Business”) to the original owner, Osman Asmall (the “Applicant”). The Business was sold to Tornotrim (Pty) Ltd (the “Respondent”) by way of a partly written and partly oral sale of business agreement (the “Agreement”) which was later
- Published in 2019, Commercial Law, News
