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Die kwantifisering van vergoeding vir verlies aan lewensgenietingeVan Tonder, Daniël Petrus 11 1900 (has links)
Quantification of damages for loss of amenities of life is a difficult task
because there is no connection between enjoyment of life and money.
The court however has to compensate the plaintiff with money because
that is the only way of restitution.
In compensating the plaintiff the court will award a conservative
amount which is fair to both parties.
The court will take into account previous awards in comparable cases
but the personal circumstances of the plaintiff will form the background
of the assessment.
The intensity and duration of the loss of amenities of life, the plaintiff's
contributory negligence, his obligation to mitigate his loss, his ability
to cope with his loss and patrimonial damages tending to minimize the
loss of amenities of life are all factors to be taken into account in the
quantification process. / Die kwantifisering van die vergoeding vir die verlies aan lewensgenietinge
is 'n moeilike taak aangesien daar geen verband tussen
lewensgeluk and geld is nie. Die hof moet egter die eiser vergoed met
'n som geld aangesien dit die enigste manier van restitusie is.
By kwantifisering word die doel van die vergoedingsbedrag asook
billikheid en regverdigheid in gedagte gehou. Die hof sal eerder
konserwatief as wispelturig te werk gaan by kwantifisering.
Verder sal daar na vorige toekennings in vergelykbare gevalle gekyk
word, maar uiteindelik sal die omvang van die vergoedingsbedrag bepaal
word deur die persoonlike omstandighede van die eiser wat die
agtergrond van die kwantifiseringsproses sal vorm.
Die tydsduur en intensiteit van die verlies aan lewensgenietinge, die eiser
se bydraende nalatigheid, sy verpligting om skade te beperk, sy vermoe
om sy verlies te verwerk asook toekennings van 'n vermoensregtelike
aard is relevant by kwantifisering. / Mercantile Law / LL.M.
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An assessment of the South African law governing breach of contract : a consideration of the relationship between the classification of breach and the resultant remediesVenter, Cindy Michelle 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (LLM)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African system of breach of contract recognizes several distinct forms of
breach. each encompassing its own set of requirements. Before one is able to
determine the outcome and accordingly the rights of each contracting party in respect
of an alleged breach of contract. the factual situation must be fitted into one of the
recognized forms of breach. This has resulted in a highly complex system of breach
of contract and resultant remedies.
The existence of a direct relationship between the form of breach present in a factual
situation and the remedies available to the innocent party is a fundamental premise of
South African law and one that is often accepted without much investigation. This
thesis investigates the extent of this interdependence and to establish whether this
intricate system is necessary from a practical and a theoretical point of view.
To this end. the thesis examines the less complex system of breach of contract as
embodied in the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods C·CISG'·) which has been widely adopted in international trade. and which has
provided a template for the reformation of various national systems of law. This study
concludes that the South African approach to breach of contract and remedies is in
need of reform. and that a unitary concept of breach could provide a basis for both a
simplification and modernization of our law. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kontraktereg erken verskeie verskyningsvorms van
kontrakbreuk, elk met sy eie besondere vereistes. Ten einde die uitkoms van
probleemsituasies waarin kontrakbreuk beweer word te bepaal en derhalwe die regte
van die betrokkenes uit te kristalliseer. moet die feitestelonder die een of ander vorm
van kontrakbreuk tuisgebring te word. Hierdie benadering het 'n besonder komplekse
stelsel van kontrakbreuk en remedies tot gevolg.
'n Fundamentele uitgangspunt van die Suid-Afrikaanse stelsel is dat daar Il direkte
korrelasie bestaan tussen die tipe van kontrakbreuk wat in 'n bepaalde geval
teenwoordig is en die remedies waarop die onskuldige party kan staatmaak. Hierdie
siening, wat meerendeel sonder bevraagtekening aanvaar word, vorm die fokuspunt
van hierdie ondersoek. Die oogmerk is om die praktiese nuttigheid en teoretiese
houbaarheid van die benadering vas te stel.
As 'n vergelykingspunt neem die tesis die vereenvoudigde sisteem van kontrakbreuk
beliggaam in die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie aangaande die Internasionale
Koopkontrak ("CISG"). Hierdie verordening geniet wye erkenning in die
Internasionale Handel en het alreeds die grondslag gevorm van verskeie inisiatiewe
vir die hervonning van Il aantal nasionale regstelsels. Die gevolgtrekking is dat die
Suid-A frikaanse benadering tot kontrakbreuk en die remedies daarvoor hervorming
benodig en dat die opvatting van 'n sg uniforme kontrakbreuk as 'n basis kan dien vir
die vereenvoudiging en modernisering van ons reg.
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A study of the nature, function and availability of orders of restitutio in integrum and specific performance as remedies in South African lawLambiris, Michael A January 1987 (has links)
This study is of two remedies that are available in South African law: orders of restitutio in integrum, and specific performance. The study demonstrates that, by treating these remedies as legal topics in their own right, a greater understanding emerges of their inherent characteristics, the role that they play in the law, and of the particular circumstances in which these remedies are available. An order of restitutio in integrum performs an important and unique function in South African law. The fundamental realisation is that it is a remedy in terms of which the courts exercise an extraordinary and discretionary power, and nullify ab initio legal transactions, or the legal consequences of events, which were previously perfectly valid and enforceable at law. Because of the extraordinary nature of this remedy, the circumstances in which it is available are limited by the requirement that iusta causa must exist to justify nullification. Further, before the remedy is available, the person seeking relief must have suffered loss or prejudice as a result of the event complained of. Finally, a mutual restoration of benefits received by the persons involved is required. The nature and effect of orders of restitutio in integrum, and the essential elements which determine the availability of the remedy, enable it to be distinguished from, and contrasted with, other remedies in South African law. An order of specific performance is available in South African law, at the option of a plaintiff, to enforce the actual performance of contractual undertakings. The remedy is appropriate to enforce positive undertakings, as well as acts of restraint. For the remedy to be available, it is firstly necessary that a contractual obligation be proved to exist. Secondly, performance of that obligation must be due. Thirdly, the performance sought must not in fact have already been rendered. These elements determine the availability of the remedy in particular factual circumstances, such as in cases involving pre-emptive rights. The nature and characteristics of the remedy are determined by principles of South African, and not English law. The remedy is available as of right in South African law, but subject to a discretionary power of a court to refuse to order specific performance. / KMBT_363 / Adobe Acrobat 9.53 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Die kwantifisering van vergoeding vir verlies aan lewensgenietingeVan Tonder, Daniël Petrus 11 1900 (has links)
Quantification of damages for loss of amenities of life is a difficult task
because there is no connection between enjoyment of life and money.
The court however has to compensate the plaintiff with money because
that is the only way of restitution.
In compensating the plaintiff the court will award a conservative
amount which is fair to both parties.
The court will take into account previous awards in comparable cases
but the personal circumstances of the plaintiff will form the background
of the assessment.
The intensity and duration of the loss of amenities of life, the plaintiff's
contributory negligence, his obligation to mitigate his loss, his ability
to cope with his loss and patrimonial damages tending to minimize the
loss of amenities of life are all factors to be taken into account in the
quantification process. / Die kwantifisering van die vergoeding vir die verlies aan lewensgenietinge
is 'n moeilike taak aangesien daar geen verband tussen
lewensgeluk and geld is nie. Die hof moet egter die eiser vergoed met
'n som geld aangesien dit die enigste manier van restitusie is.
By kwantifisering word die doel van die vergoedingsbedrag asook
billikheid en regverdigheid in gedagte gehou. Die hof sal eerder
konserwatief as wispelturig te werk gaan by kwantifisering.
Verder sal daar na vorige toekennings in vergelykbare gevalle gekyk
word, maar uiteindelik sal die omvang van die vergoedingsbedrag bepaal
word deur die persoonlike omstandighede van die eiser wat die
agtergrond van die kwantifiseringsproses sal vorm.
Die tydsduur en intensiteit van die verlies aan lewensgenietinge, die eiser
se bydraende nalatigheid, sy verpligting om skade te beperk, sy vermoe
om sy verlies te verwerk asook toekennings van 'n vermoensregtelike
aard is relevant by kwantifisering. / Mercantile Law / LL.M.
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The doctrine of duress in the law of contract and unjustified enrichment in South AfricaGlover, Graham January 2004 (has links)
This thesis analyses the doctrine of duress and its application in the law of contract and unjustified enrichment in South Africa. Following an initial examination of the historical development of the doctrine from its roots in Roman and Roman-Dutch law, the study focuses on the current legal position in the two areas of law under review, identifies the substantive and formal deficiencies in the current approach, and suggests, using comparative authorities, how the law might be developed. As far as the law of contract is concerned, after exposing the difficulties inherent in the current approach, and placing the doctrine in its proper context in the South African law of contract generally, it is argued that the duress doctrine finds its juridical basis in the principle of good faith. A more modern and coherent test for duress is then proposed: one that concentrates on the question whether an illegitimate threat was made, which induced a contract in that it left the other person no reasonable choice but to succumb to the proposal. Additionally, the need for South African contract law to recognise and deal with cases of economic duress is emphasised. The study then shifts to an examination of the position in situations where non-contractual performances have occurred under duress: cases that are decided in terms of the principles of the law of unjustified enrichment. The current position is reviewed, and it is shown that the approach to duress cases is substantially different to the approach that applies in contract. An attempt is made to reconcile this problem. From a structural perspective, the nature and application of the relevant enrichment action where a non-contractual performance is made under duress (the condictio indebiti) is also investigated, in the light of approaches to enrichment adopted in both Germany and England, in an attempt to make better sense of this enrichment action in the South African context. The study closes with an analysis of the various contractual, delictual and enrichment remedies that are available once a case of duress has been proved.
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The legal nature of preference contractsNaude, Tjakie 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The various constructions of rights of pre-emption encountered in South African case
law all have some merit. This is confirmed by the multiplicity of types of preference
contracts encountered in German law especially. The tendency of South African courts
and writers to portray one approach as the only correct one to the exclusion of all other
views, results in tension and confusion, all the more because of the failure to investigate
the relevant policy considerations comprehensively. The confusion is compounded by
what amounts to a breakdown of the system of precedents with judgments being based
on incorrect interpretations of previous decisions and with scant regard for contrary
decisions.
No certainty exists regarding the construction of the contractual right of pre-emption in
Roman and Roman-Dutch law, nor is it clear what figure or figures were received into
South African law. The Germanic concept of tiered ownership that forms the historical
basis for the Oryx remedy, does not form part of our law. This accounts for the
difficulty that courts and writers have in explaining this remedy in terms of Romanist
terminology, and the resort to the language of fiction.
German law and English law, relied upon in South African case law, do not support a
uniform construction of all rights of pre-emption as creating an enforceable duty to
make an offer upon manifestation of a desire to sell. The almost unanimous support of
US courts for a remedy by which the holder can ultimately obtain performance of the
main contract upon conclusion of a contract with a third party, challenges the
hypothesis suggested by German law that the default construction of preference
contracts should be the bare preference contract which only creates a negative
obligation.
The very cryptic way in which rights of pre-emption are normally drafted, makes it
difficult to even identify the main purpose of the parties. It is therefore not easy to
classify preference contracts into the different types identified in this study as notional
possibilities. A default regime is therefore highly desirable in the interest of legal certainty. The choice of a default regime should be made on the basis of recognised
policy considerations, particularly on the basis of an equitable balancing of typical
parties' interests and in view of communal interests balanced against the demand for
legal certainty. The choice of default regime cannot be based merely on historical
authority or precedent (which is in any event unclear in the present context) or
unsubstantiated claims that one model is more logical or commercially useful than
another. When rules are chosen as the default regime, these rules must, as far as
possible, be reconciled with the existing conceptual structure of our law to prevent
contradictions and inconsistencies.
A policy analysis reveals that three default types of preference contract should be
recognised, each with a clearly delineated field of application. Firstly, where the
agreement allows the grantor to contract with a third party, the holder has the right to
contract with the grantor at the terms agreed with the third party. Such a preference
contract can therefore be regarded as an option conditional upon conclusion of a
contract with a third party. Such contracts are rare in South Africa. In other cases, the
default rule should be that the grantor must first give the holder an opportunity to
contract before he contracts with a third party. The default construction of this latter
type of preference contracts depends on whether the preference contract itself
predetermines the main contract price. If so, the holder has a right or option to
contract at that price upon any manifestation of a desire to conclude the relevant type of
contract. However, where the preference contract does not predetermine the price, or
refers to a price that the grantor would accept from third parties, any manifestation of a
desire to sell should not be sufficient to trigger the holder's right. The grantor and
society have an interest in having her freedom to negotiate with third parties to obtain
the best possible price curtailed as little as possible. In such cases, the default rule
should be that the holder is only entitled to conclusion of the main contract upon breach
in the form of a contract with or offer to a third party. The default rule should also be
that such preference contracts - which will be treated as ordinary preference contracts -
only terminate upon the grantor actually contracting with and performing to a third
party within a reasonable time after the holder declined the opportunity to match those
terms, and provided the identity of the third party was disclosed to the holder on
request. The holder therefore cannot lose his preferential right by a rejection of an
outrageously high offer by the grantor.
Options and preference contracts are closely related and overlapping concepts. The
type of preference contract that grants a conditional right to contract can often be
understood as a conditional option (or at least as a conditional option subject to a
resolutive condition that the grantor does not want to contract anymore). The
traditional distinction between options and rights of first refusal can only be maintained
in respect of some types of preference contracts. These are negative or bare preference
contracts which only give rise to remedies aimed at restoring the status quo ante the
breach, as well as those preference contracts creating conditional rights to contract
which courts refuse to treat as conditional options because their wording implies a duty
to make or accept an offer, or because the requirement of certainty precludes them from
being options. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die verskillende konstruksies van voorkoopsregte aanvaar III Suid-Afrikaanse
beslissings het almal meriete. Dit word bevestig deur die verskillende tipes
voorkoopskontrakte wat veral in die Duitse reg erken word. Die neiging van Suid-
Afrikaanse howe en skrywers om een benadering as die enigste korrekte een te tipeer
veroorsaak spanning en onsekerheid, des te meer weens die versuim om die relevante
beleidsoorwegings deeglik te ondersoek. Boonop is die presedentestelsel telkens
verontagsaam deur verkeerde interpretasies van vorige uitsprake en deurdat
teenstrydige uitsprake bloot geïgnoreer is.
Geen sekerheid bestaan oor die konstruksie van die kontraktuele voorkoopsreg in die
Romeinse of Romeins-Hollandse Reg nie. Dit is ook nie duidelik watter figuur of
figure in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg geresipieer is nie. Die Germaanse konsep van
gesplitste eiendomsreg wat die historiese basis van die Oryx-meganisme daarstel, vorm
nie deel van ons reg nie. Dit verduidelik hoekom howe en skrywers sukkel om dié
remedie te verduidelik aan die hand van Romanistiese verbintenisreg-terminologie, en
die gevolglike gebruikmaking van fiksie-taal.
Die Duitse en Engelse reg waarop gesteun is in Suid-Afrikaanse regspraak, steun nie 'n
uniforme konstruksie van alle voorkoopsregte as behelsende 'n afdwingbare plig om 'n
aanbod te maak by enige manifestasie van 'n begeerte om te verkoop nie. Die byna
eenparige steun van Noord-Amerikaanse howe vir 'n remedie waarmee die
voorkoopsreghouer uiteindelik prestasie van die substantiewe kontrak kan kry by
sluiting van 'n kontrak met 'n derde, is 'n teenvoeter vir die hipotese gesuggereer deur
die Duitse reg dat die verstekkonstruksie van voorkeurkontrakte behoort te wees dat
slegs 'n negatiewe verpligting geskep word.
Die kriptiese wyse waarop voorkeurkontrakte normaalweg opgestel word, maak dit
moeilik om selfs die hoofdoelstelling van die partye te identifiseer. Dit is daarom nie
maklik om voorkeurkontrakte te klassifisieer in die verskillende tipes wat in hierdie
studie geïdentifiseer is nie. 'n Verstekregime is daarom wenslik in die belang van regsekerheid. Die keuse van verstekregime behoort gemaak te word op die basis van
erkende beleidsoorwegings, spesifiek op die basis van 'n billike balansering van tipiese
partybelange en in die lig van gemeenskapsbelange gebalanseer teen die vereiste van
regsekerheid. Die keuse van verstekregime kan nie gebaseer word bloot op historiese
gesag en vorige beslissings nie (wat in elk geval in die huidige konteks onduidelik is).
Dit kan ook nie gebaseer word op ongemotiveerde aansprake dat een model meer logies
of kommersieël bruikbaar as 'n ander is nie. Wanneer verstekreëls gekies word moet
dit, sover moontlik, versoen word met die bestaande begrippe-struktuur van ons reg om
teenstrydighede in die sisteem te vermy.
'n Beleidsanalise laat blyk dat drie verstektipes voorkeurkontrakte erken behoort te
word, elk met 'n duidelik afgebakende toepassingsveld. Eerstens, waar die ooreenkoms
toelaat dat die voorkeurreggewer eers met 'n derde party kontrakteer, het die
voorkeurreghouer 'n opsie om te kontrakteer op die terme ooreengekom met die derde.
Die voorkeurkontrak kan daarom beskou word as 'n opsie onderhewig aan die
voorwaarde van sluiting van 'n kontrak met 'n derde. Sulke kontrakte is raar in Suid-
Afrika. In ander gevalle behoort die verstekreël te wees dat die voorkeurreggewer eers
die houer 'n geleentheid moet gee om te kontrakteer voordat sy met 'n derde 'n kontrak
aangaan. Die verstekkonstruksie van hierdie laasgenoemde tipe voorkeurkontrak hang
daarvan af of die voorkeurkontrak self die substantiewe kontraksprys vasstel. Indien
wel het die houer die reg of opsie om te kontrakteer teen daardie prys by enige
manifestasie van 'n begeerte om die spesifieke soort kontrak te sluit. Maar waar die
voorkeurkontrak nie die prys vasstel nie, of verwys na 'n prys wat die gewer sou
aanvaar van 'n derde, behoort enige manifestasie van 'n begeerte om te kontrakteer nie
genoeg te wees om die houer se reg afdwingbaar te maak nie. Die voorkeurreggewer
en die gemeenskap het 'n belang daarby dat die gewer se vryheid om met derdes te
onderhandel so min as moontlik beperk word sodat sy die beste moontlike prys kan kry.
In sulke gevalle behoort die verstekreël te wees dat die houer slegs geregtig is op die
voordeel van die substantiewe kontrak by kontrakbreuk in die vorm van 'n kontrak met
of aanbod aan 'n derde. Die verstekreël behoort ook te wees dat sulke
voorkeurkontrakte in beginsel slegs beëindig word wanneer die voorkeurreggewer
inderdaad kontrakteer met en presteer aan 'n derde binne 'n redelike tyd nadat die
voorkeurreghouer die geleentheid gegee is om daardie terme te ewenaar. Dit behoort
ook vereis te word dat die identiteit van die derde aan die houer geopenbaar word op sy versoek. Die houer kan dus nie sy voorkeurreg verloor deur nie-aanvaarding van 'n
belaglik hoë aanbod deur die voorkeurreggewer nie.
Opsies en voorkeurkontrakte is oorvleulende konsepte. Die tipe voorkeurkontrak wat
'n voorwaardelike reg om te kontrakteer verleen kan dikwels verstaan word as 'n
voorwaardelike opsie (of minstens as 'n voorwaardelike opsie onderhewig aan 'n
ontbindende voorwaarde dat die gewer glad nie meer wil kontrakteer nie). Die
tradisionele onderskeid tussen opsies en voorkeurregte kan slegs behou word tov
sommige voorkeurkontrakte. Hulle is die "negatiewe" voorkeurkontrakte, wat slegs
aanleiding gee tot remedies gemik op herstel van die status quo ante kontrakbreuk
sowel as daarde voorkeurkontrakte wat voorwaardelike regte om te kontrakteer skep
wat howe weier om as voorwaardelike opsies te behandelomdat hulle bewoording wys
op 'n plig om 'n aanbod te maak of te aanvaar, of omdat die vereiste van sekerheid
hulle verhoed om opsies te wees.
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Aspekte van skadevergoeding by gebruiksverliesBrand, Christiaan Burger 11 1900 (has links)
Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / In the recent decision in Kellerman v South African Transport Services 1993 4 SA
872 (C) a claim for the loss of the use of a thing not utilised in the production of
income was apparently allowed for the first time in South African law. A number of
strict requirements were however set for such a claim.
For a considerable time a claim has been recognised in English and German law
even where a substitute was not hired and where the article was used for pleasure
purposes. It is submitted that this should also be the position in South African law
because the loss of the use of a thing per se has an independent value.
It is further submitted that the interest on capital value method (as per English law)
can be used as starting-point in the determination of quantum. A degree of flexibility
is necessary to ensure fairness and equity. / In die onlangse beslissing in Kellerman v South African Transport Services 1993 4
SA 872 (K) is daar klaarblyklik die eerste maal in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg 'n eis om
skadevergoeding weens gebruiksverlies van 'n saak wat nie in die produksie van
inkomste gebruik is nie erken. Die hof stel egter 'n aantal streng vereistes vir so 'n
eis.
'n Eis word al 'n geruime tyd in die Engelse en Duitse reg erken selfs waar 'n
substituut nie gehuur is nie en waar sake bloot vir plesierdoeleindes gebruik is. Daar
word submitteer dat dit ook die posisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg behoort te wees
aangesien gebruiksverlies opsigself 'n selfstandige waarde het.
Dit word verder aangevoer dat die rente-op-kapitaalwaarde-metode (soos in die
Engelse reg) gebruik kan word as 'n uitgangspunt by kwantumbepaling. Ter wille van
redelikheid en billikheid behoort die maatstaf 'n mate van buigsaamheid te he. / Private Law / LL. M.
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Statutory civil remedies in trade mark litigationKelbrick, R. (Roshana) 06 1900 (has links)
Little attention is paid to the civil remedies available when infringement of a trade mark
or the right to goodwill occurs. Yet, for the owners of ~uch rights, these remedies are
of much greater importance than theoretical considerations regarding the nature of the
rights or what constitutes their infringement.
This thesis analyses the civil remedies for trade mark infringement granted by the
South African Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993. In the South African context, any
consideration of civil remedies is rendered problematic by the attempted graft of
English remedies onto a legal system with a different common-law background.
It is, therefore, essential first to trace the English origin and application of these
remedies, and then to determine whether each remedy is acceptable in terms of the
South African common law. This is necessary, as our courts have previously rejected
or adapted English remedies which were unknown to our common law but which
Parliament introduced in legislation.
The remedies of interdict (or injunction) in final and interlocutory form, compensatory
damages, reasonable royalties, and delivery up are analysed from a substantive law
and a procedural perspective. The procedural innovation of an inquiry as to damages is also considered.
In respect of each remedy, (1) the English roots and development of the remedy are
traced; (2) differences of approach in two other Commonwealth jurisdictions, Australia
and Canada, are highlighted; (3) the development of the South African equivalent is
detailed; and (4) suggestions for the future implementation of the remedy in South
Africa are made.
In the penultimate chapter, our common law and legislation (including the Constitution
of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996 ) are measured against the requirements
of the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Recommendations for the effective utilization of each remedy in South Africa are then
made. They include suggestions for legislative amendment in respect of delivery up
and an inquiry as to damages, and the introduction of statutory damages as an further civil remedy. / Mercentile Law / LL. D. (Laws)
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Aspekte van skadevergoeding by gebruiksverliesBrand, Christiaan Burger 11 1900 (has links)
Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / In the recent decision in Kellerman v South African Transport Services 1993 4 SA
872 (C) a claim for the loss of the use of a thing not utilised in the production of
income was apparently allowed for the first time in South African law. A number of
strict requirements were however set for such a claim.
For a considerable time a claim has been recognised in English and German law
even where a substitute was not hired and where the article was used for pleasure
purposes. It is submitted that this should also be the position in South African law
because the loss of the use of a thing per se has an independent value.
It is further submitted that the interest on capital value method (as per English law)
can be used as starting-point in the determination of quantum. A degree of flexibility
is necessary to ensure fairness and equity. / In die onlangse beslissing in Kellerman v South African Transport Services 1993 4
SA 872 (K) is daar klaarblyklik die eerste maal in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg 'n eis om
skadevergoeding weens gebruiksverlies van 'n saak wat nie in die produksie van
inkomste gebruik is nie erken. Die hof stel egter 'n aantal streng vereistes vir so 'n
eis.
'n Eis word al 'n geruime tyd in die Engelse en Duitse reg erken selfs waar 'n
substituut nie gehuur is nie en waar sake bloot vir plesierdoeleindes gebruik is. Daar
word submitteer dat dit ook die posisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg behoort te wees
aangesien gebruiksverlies opsigself 'n selfstandige waarde het.
Dit word verder aangevoer dat die rente-op-kapitaalwaarde-metode (soos in die
Engelse reg) gebruik kan word as 'n uitgangspunt by kwantumbepaling. Ter wille van
redelikheid en billikheid behoort die maatstaf 'n mate van buigsaamheid te he. / Private Law / LL. M.
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Statutory civil remedies in trade mark litigationKelbrick, R. (Roshana) 06 1900 (has links)
Little attention is paid to the civil remedies available when infringement of a trade mark
or the right to goodwill occurs. Yet, for the owners of ~uch rights, these remedies are
of much greater importance than theoretical considerations regarding the nature of the
rights or what constitutes their infringement.
This thesis analyses the civil remedies for trade mark infringement granted by the
South African Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993. In the South African context, any
consideration of civil remedies is rendered problematic by the attempted graft of
English remedies onto a legal system with a different common-law background.
It is, therefore, essential first to trace the English origin and application of these
remedies, and then to determine whether each remedy is acceptable in terms of the
South African common law. This is necessary, as our courts have previously rejected
or adapted English remedies which were unknown to our common law but which
Parliament introduced in legislation.
The remedies of interdict (or injunction) in final and interlocutory form, compensatory
damages, reasonable royalties, and delivery up are analysed from a substantive law
and a procedural perspective. The procedural innovation of an inquiry as to damages is also considered.
In respect of each remedy, (1) the English roots and development of the remedy are
traced; (2) differences of approach in two other Commonwealth jurisdictions, Australia
and Canada, are highlighted; (3) the development of the South African equivalent is
detailed; and (4) suggestions for the future implementation of the remedy in South
Africa are made.
In the penultimate chapter, our common law and legislation (including the Constitution
of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996 ) are measured against the requirements
of the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Recommendations for the effective utilization of each remedy in South Africa are then
made. They include suggestions for legislative amendment in respect of delivery up
and an inquiry as to damages, and the introduction of statutory damages as an further civil remedy. / Mercentile Law / LL. D. (Laws)
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