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| 2020 SLG 1572 2020 SLD 1572 2020 SCMR 1722 |
Constitutional Court of South Africa
Case No. CCT 109/19, decision Dated: 17-06-2020, hearingDate : 05-11-2019
KHAMPEPE ADCJ, FRONEMAN, J, JAFTA, J, MADLANGA, J, MAJIEDT, J, MATHOPO AJ, MHLANTLA, J, THERON, J, TSHIQI, J AND VICTOR AJ
BJ Manca SC and GGM Quixley instructed by ME Mohamed Attorney-at-Law for Applicants.J Muller SC and HL Du Toit instructed by De Klerk and Van Gend Incorporated for the First and Second
Respondents.
Case No. CCT 109/19, decision Dated: 17-06-2020, hearingDate : 05-11-2019
KHAMPEPE ADCJ, FRONEMAN, J, JAFTA, J, MADLANGA, J, MAJIEDT, J, MATHOPO AJ, MHLANTLA, J, THERON, J, TSHIQI, J AND VICTOR AJ
BJ Manca SC and GGM Quixley instructed by ME Mohamed Attorney-at-Law for Applicants.J Muller SC and HL Du Toit instructed by De Klerk and Van Gend Incorporated for the First and Second
Respondents.
BEADICA 231 CC AND 3 OTHERSVSTRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE OREGON TRUST AND 2 OTHERS
Law:
Section:
(a) Contract--- ----Contractual terms--- Enforcement--- Good faith--- Comparative jurisprudence on the role of 'good faith' in enforcement of contractual terms. Hesselink "The Concept of Good Faith" in Hartkamp et al Towards a European Civil Code 4th ed (Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands 2011) 619 at 619; Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [1989] 1 QB 433 (Interfoto) at 439F-G; Yam Seng Pte Limited v International Trade Corporation Limited [2013] EWHC 111 (QB) at para 124 per Leggatt J.; British Telecommunications v Telefonica O2 [2014] UKSC 42 at para 37 and Braganza v BP Shipping [2015] UKSC 17 at para 30; See, for example, Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Saeed Bin v Kent [2018] EWHC 333 (Comm) at para 174; Aktieselskabet Dansk Skibsfinansiering v Brothers [2000] 3 HKCFAR; Bhasin v Hrynew 2014 SCC 71; Viven-Wilksch "Good Faith in Contracts: Australia at a Crossroads" (2019) 1 Journal of Commonwealth Law 273 at 273-4; Burger King Corp v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd (2001) 69 NSWLR 558; Alstom Ltd v Yokogawa Australia Pty Ltd (No 7) [2012] SASC 49 and Vodafone Pacific Ltd v Mobile Innovations Ltd [2004] NSWCA 15 (Vodafone) ref. (b) Contract--- ----Contractual terms--- Enforcement--- Public policy--- Role of the Constitution (of South Africa), concepts of public policy, fairness, reasonableness, justice and 'ubuntu' with regard to enforcement of contractual terms. The determination of public policy was rooted in the Constitution (of South Africa) and the objective, normative value system it embodied. Constitutional rights applied through a process of indirect horizontality to contracts. The impact of the Constitution on the enforcement of contractual terms through the determination of public policy was profound. A careful balancing exercise was required to determine whether a contractual term, or its enforcement, would be contrary to public policy. Napier v Barkhuizen [2005] ZASCA 119; 2006 (4) SA 1 (SCA) (Barkhuizen SCA) ref. Public policy imported values of fairness, reasonableness and justice. Concept of 'ubuntu', which encompassed these values, was also recognised as a constitutional value, inspiring the constitutional compact, which in…
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