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Contents Page Preface ...................................................................................................................................... Preface to the sixth edition ....................................................................................................... Prolegomenon to the sixth edition ............................................................................................. v vii ix Account and debate of profits ................................................................................................... Accountants and auditors ......................................................................................................... Actio ad exhibendum ................................................................................................................ Actio aquae pluviae arcendae .................................................................................................. Actio de pastu ........................................................................................................................... Actio de pauperie ...................................................................................................................... Actio legis Aquiliae ................................................................................................................... Actio Pauliana .......................................................................................................................... Administration of deceased estates ........................................................................................... Admiralty claims ...................................................................................................................... Adultery: Claim for damages .................................................................................................... Agency ...................................................................................................................................... Alienation of affection .............................................................................................................. Alienation of land ..................................................................................................................... Animals .................................................................................................................................... Apportionment of damages ...................................................................................................... Arbitration ................................................................................................................................ Architects .................................................................................................................................. Arrest and detention ................................................................................................................. Assault ...................................................................................................................................... Attachment or execution ........................................................................................................... Attorneys .................................................................................................................................. Auctions .................................................................................................................................... 1 3 8 10 11 12 15 15 17 20 21 23 30 31 36 37 37 41 46 50 55 55 62 Bailment ................................................................................................................................... Bankers ..................................................................................................................................... Bills of exchange ...................................................................................................................... Breach of contract ..................................................................................................................... Breach of fiduciary duty ........................................................................................................... Breach of (marriage) promise ................................................................................................... Bribery ...................................................................................................................................... Building contracts ..................................................................................................................... 63 63 69 69 70 71 73 73 Carriers ..................................................................................................................................... Cession ..................................................................................................................................... Cheques .................................................................................................................................... Choice of action ........................................................................................................................ Citations .................................................................................................................................... Close corporations .................................................................................................................... Co-debtors ................................................................................................................................ Companies ................................................................................................................................ 73 75 78 83 84 87 91 92 v vi A MLER’ S PRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGS Page Compromise ............................................................................................................................. Condictio furtiva ....................................................................................................................... Condictio indebiti ..................................................................................................................... Condictio ob causam finitam .................................................................................................... Condictio ob turpem vel iniustam causam ............................................................................... Condictio sine causa ................................................................................................................ Conditions ................................................................................................................................ Confidential information .......................................................................................................... Contract .................................................................................................................................... Contract: Breach of ................................................................................................................... Contract: Cancellation of .......................................................................................................... Contract: Damages ................................................................................................................... Contracts for the benefit of third parties (stipulatio alteri ) ...................................................... Contributory negligence ........................................................................................................... Conventional penalties ............................................................................................................. Copyright infringement ............................................................................................................ Counterclaims (claims in reconvention) ................................................................................... Credit agreements: Credit Agreements Act 75 of 1980 ............................................................ Credit agreements: National Credit Act 34 of 2005 ................................................................. Custom and customary law ....................................................................................................... 97 99 100 103 103 103 104 107 109 114 115 118 122 124 126 128 132 136 145 152 Damages: Delictual ................................................................................................................... Declaration of rights ................................................................................................................. Defamation ............................................................................................................................... Defamation: Defences .............................................................................................................. Delict ........................................................................................................................................ Deposit (depositum) .................................................................................................................. Designs ..................................................................................................................................... Divorce ..................................................................................................................................... Donation ................................................................................................................................... Duress ....................................................................................................................................... 153 158 160 167 171 171 173 176 183 185 Election ..................................................................................................................................... Electricity .................................................................................................................................. Employment contracts .............................................................................................................. Encroachment ........................................................................................................................... Engineers .................................................................................................................................. Enrichment ............................................................................................................................... Estate agents ............................................................................................................................. Estoppel .................................................................................................................................... Eviction or ejectment ................................................................................................................ Exceptio non adimpleti contractus ........................................................................................... Exceptions ................................................................................................................................ Exchange or barter .................................................................................................................... Expropriation ............................................................................................................................ 186 187 187 190 191 191 191 195 198 201 203 206 206 Foreign judgments .................................................................................................................... Fraud ......................................................................................................................................... 212 215 Illegal contracts ......................................................................................................................... Impossibility of performance .................................................................................................... Iniuria ....................................................................................................................................... Injurious falsehoods ................................................................................................................. Innocent misrepresentation ....................................................................................................... 218 221 223 226 228 CONTENTS vii Page Insolvency ................................................................................................................................. Insurance ................................................................................................................................... Interest ...................................................................................................................................... Interpleaders ............................................................................................................................. Joint ownership ......................................................................................................................... Joint wrongdoers ...................................................................................................................... Judgments: Foreign ................................................................................................................... Judgments: Setting aside .......................................................................................................... Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................................... 229 233 239 242 244 246 246 246 248 Latent defects ............................................................................................................................ Lateral support .......................................................................................................................... Leases ....................................................................................................................................... Lex Aquilia ............................................................................................................................... Liens ......................................................................................................................................... Lis alibi pendens ....................................................................................................................... Loan for use (commodatum) ..................................................................................................... Loans ........................................................................................................................................ Locatio conductio operis (letting and hiring of work) .............................................................. Locus standi .............................................................................................................................. Loss of support ......................................................................................................................... 249 253 253 257 261 263 265 265 267 272 272 Malicious proceedings .............................................................................................................. Medical and dental practitioners ............................................................................................... Mental incapacity ...................................................................................................................... Misrepresentation ..................................................................................................................... Mistake (error) .......................................................................................................................... Mora ......................................................................................................................................... Motor-vehicle accidents ............................................................................................................ 273 275 278 279 279 282 284 Negligence ................................................................................................................................ Negligent misrepresentation ..................................................................................................... Negotiorum gestio (unauthorised administration) ..................................................................... Novation ................................................................................................................................... Nuisance ................................................................................................................................... 290 294 296 299 300 Occupational injuries (workmen’ s compensation) ................................................................... Options ..................................................................................................................................... Ownership ................................................................................................................................ 303 305 307 Parties ....................................................................................................................................... Partnerships .............................................................................................................................. Passing-off ................................................................................................................................ Patents ...................................................................................................................................... Payment .................................................................................................................................... Pleas .......................................................................................................................................... Pledges ...................................................................................................................................... Police ........................................................................................................................................ Possessors: Eviction ................................................................................................................. Prayers ...................................................................................................................................... Pre-emption .............................................................................................................................. Prescription: Acquisitive .......................................................................................................... Prescription: Extinctive ............................................................................................................ Privacy ...................................................................................................................................... 308 308 312 316 321 323 325 326 326 326 327 329 330 334 viii A MLER’ S PRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGS Page Professional liability ................................................................................................................. 334 CONTENTS ix Page Promissory notes ....................................................................................................................... Provincial and local authorities ................................................................................................ 334 335 Quantity surveyors .................................................................................................................... Ratification ............................................................................................................................... Rectification ............................................................................................................................. Rei vindicatio ............................................................................................................................ Replication and further pleadings ............................................................................................. Repudiation .............................................................................................................................. Res iudicata .............................................................................................................................. Restraint of trade ...................................................................................................................... Retention .................................................................................................................................. Roads ........................................................................................................................................ 335 335 336 338 339 340 341 343 345 346 Sale ........................................................................................................................................... Sale of land on instalment ........................................................................................................ Seduction .................................................................................................................................. Set-off ....................................................................................................................................... Setting aside of judgments ........................................................................................................ Settlement ................................................................................................................................. Simulated transactions .............................................................................................................. Special pleas ............................................................................................................................. Specific performance ................................................................................................................ Spoliation .................................................................................................................................. State liability ............................................................................................................................. Stated cases ............................................................................................................................... Statutory authority as a defence to a claim for damages ........................................................... Statutory duty or authority: Breach of ...................................................................................... Statutory provisions .................................................................................................................. Suretyship ................................................................................................................................. 346 348 350 351 353 353 353 354 355 357 359 362 363 365 367 367 Tender: By a defendant ............................................................................................................. Tender: By a plaintiff ................................................................................................................ Tender: In ‘ full and final settlement’ ........................................................................................ Third-party procedure ............................................................................................................... Trade marks .............................................................................................................................. Trespass .................................................................................................................................... 374 375 375 377 378 383 Undisclosed principal ............................................................................................................... Undue influence ....................................................................................................................... Unlawful competition ............................................................................................................... Usury ........................................................................................................................................ 384 385 386 387 Veld fires .................................................................................................................................. Vicarious liability ..................................................................................................................... Vindication ............................................................................................................................... Volenti non fit iniuria ............................................................................................................... Voluntary associations .............................................................................................................. 387 389 390 392 395 397 Waiver ...................................................................................................................................... Warranty against eviction ......................................................................................................... Water ........................................................................................................................................ Way of necessity (via necessitate) ............................................................................................. Wild animals ............................................................................................................................. 397 400 401 401 403 Vetustas .................................................................................................................................... x A MLER’ S PRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGS Page Wills ......................................................................................................................................... Workmen’ s compensation ........................................................................................................ 404 404 Table of cases ........................................................................................................................... 405 Table of statutes ........................................................................................................................ 457 Index ......................................................................................................................................... 465 CONTENTS xi Page
