Life cover nominations still valid despite administrative slip
A signed nomination received during the policyholder’s lifetime satisfied the contractual requirements despite an incorrect policy number.
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High Court clarifies interpretation of amended Rule 4 in service matters
The Western Cape Division holds that affixing a summons does not automatically satisfy the amended service rule in default judgment applications.
Full Bench adds weight to challenges against RAF medical expense directives
Internal directives cannot displace court orders or long-standing principles governing compensation, says the Western Cape High Court.
Ruling leaves key exchange control questions unresolved in crypto arbitrage dispute
The case focuses attention on how the exchange control framework applies to crypto platforms that facilitate offshore trading through loans.
Sizwe Hosmed: High Court blocks board comeback, new curator installed
The CMS frames the judgment as necessary to protect members, emphasising the scheme is compliant, operational and under close oversight.
Bonitas’ dispute with Medscheme heads to court
Bonitas’ decision to change administrators comes amid a CMS investigation and High Court proceedings involving its former service provider.
Judgment sheds light on beneficiary changes in living annuities
Was a beneficiary nomination signed under a power of attorney and submitted after death valid?
Tribunal misapplied legal test in debarment reconsideration, High Court rules
The FST erred because it focused on contractual obligations rather than the broader fit and proper requirements.
Community of property divorces must address joint estates, judge rules
Dissolving a marriage in community of property while deferring questions about the joint estate is neither conceptually sound nor workable.
Classic Financial creditors see first dividend, just over 6%
The initial payout returns roughly 6 cents on the rand to creditors, with legal costs taking a large slice – but further recoveries may change the final dividend.
Arbitration confidentiality offers no shield in South African courts, warns High Court
The High Court confirms that evidence from confidential arbitration can be disclosed in related South African litigation, forcing insurers and other parties to rethink how they manage arbitration materials.
Consumers can cancel defective, financed purchases using common law
The SCA rules that buyers may rely on actio redhibitoria to unwind financed vehicle purchases marred by latent defects, even when the deal falls under the NCA.
Matric results | Information Regulator’s argument dismissed as ‘fanciful’
The High Court has overturned the Regulator’s bid to stop the publication of the matric results, rejecting its claim that learners can be identified from exam numbers.
High Court blocks FSCA’s bid to supervise fund’s general meeting
The Court set aside two notices to the Municipal Employees Pension Fund after finding the regulator had not met the statutory thresholds.
Courts willing to consider evidence beyond a contract’s written terms
Modern contract interpretation permits surrounding circumstances to explain contractual meaning – undermining SARS’s argument that extrinsic evidence is inadmissible.
Rulings define scope of PA’s powers under transitional insurance laws
The Tribunal and the High Court delivered key decisions emphasising proportional enforcement and the proper use of transitional provisions.
Court tells SARS: A deal is a deal
A High Court ruling confirms that SARS must honour lawful settlement agreements and cannot rely on internal systems or administrative hurdles to escape binding terms.
