AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd

JurisdictionSouth Africa
Judgment Date31 March 2011
Citation2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA)

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18 practice notes
  • Country Cloud Trading CC v MEC, Department of Infrastructure Development
    • South Africa
    • 3 October 2014
    ...on the issue of impingement on existing contractualrelations.)AnnotationsCase lawSouthern AfricaAB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58):comparedAdministrateur, Natal v Trust Bank van Afrika Bpk 1979 (3) SA 824 (A):dictum at 833A–B appliedAetiology Today CC t/a ......
  • Delict
    • South Africa
    • Juta Yearbook of South African Law No. , March 2021
    • 10 March 2021
    ...31) 59 footnote 152 for a discussion on Nugent JA’s reformulation of his dictum in Van Duivenboven in AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) para 10, by replacing the words ‘arbitrary factors’ with ‘a mere intuitive reaction to the facts’ and, generally, the courts’ interchange......
  • Itzikowitz v Absa Bank Ltd
    • South Africa
    • 31 March 2016
    ...v ABSA BANK2016 (4) SA 432 SCACDEFGHIJ© Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd AnnotationsCase lawSouthern AfricaAB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58):dictum in para [5] appliedAmerican Natural Soda Corporation and Another v Competition Commissionand Others 2003 (5) SA 6......
  • Hlumisa Investment Holdings Rf Ltd and Another v Kirkinis and Others
    • South Africa
    • 3 July 2020
    ...by Deloitte to shareholders was untenable (see [73]). 2020 (5) SA p421 Cases cited Southern Africa AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58): dictum in para [5] Attorney-General, Transvaal v Botha 1994 (1) SA 306 (A): dictum at 330I – J applied Axiam Holdings Ltd......
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  • Country Cloud Trading CC v MEC, Department of Infrastructure Development
    • South Africa
    • 3 October 2014
    ...on the issue of impingement on existing contractualrelations.)AnnotationsCase lawSouthern AfricaAB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58):comparedAdministrateur, Natal v Trust Bank van Afrika Bpk 1979 (3) SA 824 (A):dictum at 833A–B appliedAetiology Today CC t/a ......
  • Itzikowitz v Absa Bank Ltd
    • South Africa
    • 31 March 2016
    ...v ABSA BANK2016 (4) SA 432 SCACDEFGHIJ© Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd AnnotationsCase lawSouthern AfricaAB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58):dictum in para [5] appliedAmerican Natural Soda Corporation and Another v Competition Commissionand Others 2003 (5) SA 6......
  • Hlumisa Investment Holdings Rf Ltd and Another v Kirkinis and Others
    • South Africa
    • 3 July 2020
    ...by Deloitte to shareholders was untenable (see [73]). 2020 (5) SA p421 Cases cited Southern Africa AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) ([2011] ZASCA 58): dictum in para [5] Attorney-General, Transvaal v Botha 1994 (1) SA 306 (A): dictum at 330I – J applied Axiam Holdings Ltd......
  • Hlumisa Investment Holdings (RF) Ltd v Kirkinis
    • South Africa
    • Supreme Court of Appeal
    • 3 July 2020
    ...matrix, which by contrast is essential for deciding negligence and causation'. In AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd [2011] ZASCA 58; 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) para 5, Nugent JA noted that in a case such as this, the issue of wrongfulness is 'quintessentially a matter that is capable of being decide......
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  • Delict
    • South Africa
    • Juta Yearbook of South African Law No. , March 2021
    • 10 March 2021
    ...31) 59 footnote 152 for a discussion on Nugent JA’s reformulation of his dictum in Van Duivenboven in AB Ventures Ltd v Siemens Ltd 2011 (4) SA 614 (SCA) para 10, by replacing the words ‘arbitrary factors’ with ‘a mere intuitive reaction to the facts’ and, generally, the courts’ interchange......