Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1996 : section 17: whether a driver in a single motor vehicle accident is entitled to claim under the provisions of section 17 of the Road Accident Fund Act.
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Immigration Act 13 of 2002 – foreigner issued with a valid spousal visa subsequently found in possession of a fraudulent visa in breach of s 29(1)(f) of the Act – deemed a prohibited person and not entitled to a port of entry visa or admission into the Republic – high court has no authority to order the Department of Home Affairs to allow him entry into the Republic and to re-issue his spousal visa – such order violates separation of powers – requisites for the grant of an interim interdict against the exercise of statutory powers restated.

Criminal Law: appellants indicted for murder – charge sheet referred to s 51(2) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 (the Act) – trial court amended charge sheet, after appellants testified in their defence, by deleting subsection (2), in terms of s 86 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 – no opportunity afforded to appellants to address the court in respect of amendment – appellants convicted and sentenced by the trial court in terms of s 51(1) of the Act – sentence set aside – appellants ultimately sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in terms of s 51(2) of the Act.
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Application for leave to appeal against judgment in High Court in application proceedings – such to be dealt with under s 16(1)(a)(i) of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 (the Act)– the fact that the High Court had granted an enforcement order in terms of s 18(1) of the Act and that order has been upheld by the Full Court in an appeal under s 18(4) does not make the application one for special leave to appeal in terms of s 16(1)(b) of the Act – no reasonable prospects of success on appeal – application for leave to appeal dismissed.
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Delictual claim – Unlawful arrest and detention – what constitutes unlawful arrest – whether the Minister of Police is liable for the further detention after the suspect has been remanded to custody by the court is fact-based – the purpose of arrest is to bring the arrested person to court.
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Complaint to the National Consumer Commission under the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 – complaint referred to the National consumer Tribunal under s 73(2)(b) of that Act – s 147 of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 precluded the Tribunal from granting a costs order against the Commission on it withdrawing the referral.
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Trade mark – opposition in terms of s 10(14) of the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 – whether mark likely to deceive or confuse – PEPPADEW and PEPPAMATES relating to pepper products.

Lease agreement –lessee - right of pre-emption – interpretation - lessor obliged to inform lessee of identical terms and conditions in all respects upon which prepared to sell property to third party – failure by lessor to do so – sale agreement with third party invalid - right of pre-emption validly exercised by lessee - appeal dismissed.

Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 - Section 316B - appeal by State – rape of 6 year old boy – sentence imposed of 10 years imprisonment of which 4 years suspended – shockingly and disturbingly lenient – no substantial and compelling circumstances present – sentence of life imprisonment substituted.

Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 – valuation of preference shares for the purposes of determination of a capital gain.
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