Gupta company s attempt to remove Tegeta business rescue practitioners shot down by Supreme Court 21 May 2021 - 18:41 By TimesLIVE An attempt by Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments to have the business rescue practitioners of Tegeta removed was rejected by the Supreme Court of Appeal.. Image: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/ File Photo
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday rejected an attempt by Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments to have the business rescue practitioners of another of the family s companies, Tegeta, removed.
Oakbay had gone to the Supreme Court after it unsuccessfully went to the high court in Pretoria in 2019, where it argued that the BRPs were conflicted and biased. After argument heard on May 11, the Supreme Court agreed with the high court s assessment, and dismissed Oakbay s appeal.
Top official sues for R7.5m after being injured during Nehawu protest at Mpumalanga premierâs office
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Johannesburg â The Mpumalanga High Court will determine whether a former senior official in erstwhile premier David Mabuzaâs office is entitled to the R7.5 million in damages she is claiming after being injured during a union protest.
Catherine Churchill, chief director responsible for policy and research until June 2017 in Deputy President Mabuzaâs office during his tenure as Mpumalanga premier, was injured in April that year at a protest by members of Cosatuâs biggest affiliate, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu).
Trevor Manuel lawsuit: EFF has R500k damages reduced
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Johannesburg - The Economic Freedom Fighters successfully appealed the North Gauteng High Court’s order to pay R500 000 in damages to Trevor Manuel after two judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) ruled that the award of damages had been unjustifiably high.
The ruling was handed down on Thursday by SCA judges Mahomed Navsa and Malcolm Willis, who said that the order by the high court for the EFF to pay half a million rand to the former finance minister had appeared extraordinarily high and not in line with the recent general trend.
SCA overturns Trevor Manuel’s R500k damages award against EFF Bernadette Wicks
EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Jacques Nelles A Twitter war erupted between the EFF and Manuel last March, after the former issued a statement in response to news that Edward Kieswetter had been selected as the new commissioner of the Sars.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has overturned the R500,000 defamation award former finance minister Trevor Manuel secured against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) last year.
The appellate court on Thursday refused the EFF leave to appeal the North Gauteng High Court’s May 2019 findings that a statement in which it had effectively accused Manuel of nepotism and corruption, had been defamatory and unlawful – as well as an interdict that ha
Trevor Manuel. Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Lisa Hnatowicz
Former finance minister Trevor Manuel has, through his legal team, welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA’s) finding that a statement the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) issued last year accusing him of nepotism and corruption, was indeed defamatory. Of the appellate court’s decision to overturn the R500,000 in damages he was previously awarded, meanwhile, Manuel’s lawyer, Dario Milo, said on Thursday they were still discussing next steps. “We welcome the judgment finding that the EFF’s statements about Mr Manuel were false, defamatory and unlawful, that they must be taken down within 24 hours and that the EFF can’t repeat them,”.