Darson Construction (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Another

JurisdictionSouth Africa
Judgment Date15 August 2006
Citation2007 (4) SA 488 (C)

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12 practice notes
  • Bureaucratic bungling, deliberate misconduct and claims for pure economic loss in the tender process
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , September 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...to do so. It was thus just and equitable for the respondent tocompensate the applicant for its out-of-pocket expenses.922007 (4) SA 488 (C).(2014) 26 SA MERC LJ406© Juta and Company (Pty) (c) Failure to call for public tendersIn the Canadian case Exploits Valley Air Services Ltd v Board of ......
  • State liability and accountability
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 August 2019
    ...the Promotion of NationalUnity and ReconciliationAct 34 of 1995).47See eg Darson Construction Pty (Pty) v City of Cape Townand Another 2007 (4) SA 488 (C).48Fose v Minister of Safety and Security 1997 (3) SA 786 (CC) para 60; Modderklip (n 1) paras60–5; MEC, Department of Welfare,Eastern Ca......
  • Pitsiladi and Others v Absa Bank and Others
    • South Africa
    • 1 January 2007
    ...have to file their pleas. It will serve no purpose to anticipate at this point in time what the position would be with regard to J 2007 (4) SA p488 Van Zyl progress A made in the criminal trial when the time arrives for the filing of the respondents' pleas. [26] Insofar as the issue of cost......
  • Worse than Losing a Government Tender: Winning it
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 May 2019
    ...Econ omic Developmen t (Western Cape) CPD 26-10-2007 case no 5542/2007 pa ra 55; Darson Constru ction (Pty) Ltd v Cit y of Cape Town 2007 4 SA 488 (C) 501F-G. 112 The fa ct that reviews are most ly brought on motion procee dings adds to thi s problem since the reviewi ng court would n ot ha......
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  • Pitsiladi and Others v Absa Bank and Others
    • South Africa
    • 1 January 2007
    ...have to file their pleas. It will serve no purpose to anticipate at this point in time what the position would be with regard to J 2007 (4) SA p488 Van Zyl progress A made in the criminal trial when the time arrives for the filing of the respondents' pleas. [26] Insofar as the issue of cost......
  • Eskom Holdings Ltd and Another v New Reclamation Group (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • 13 March 2009
    ...Electronics (Pty) Ltd and Others 2008 (2) SA 638 (SCA): distinguished Darson Construction (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Another 2007 (4) SA 488 (C) ([2007] 1 All SA 393): distinguished Giddey NO v JC Barnard and Partners 2007 (5) SA 525 (CC) (2007 (2) BCLR 125): referred to J 2009 (4) S......
  • Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
    • South Africa
    • Gauteng Division, Pretoria
    • 1 April 2016
    ...Court before any significant progress on the contract has been made. In Darson Construction (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Another 2007 (4) SA 488 (C) the Court stated at 'On the facts of this matter, applicant could, indeed, have sought an interdict immediately after the award of the co......
  • Trustees, Simcha Trust v De Jong and Others
    • South Africa
    • 26 March 2015
    ...(2) SA 302 (SCA) ([2004] 4 All SA 133; [2004] ZASCA 78): referred to G Darson Construction (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Another 2007 (4) SA 488 (C) ([2007] 1 All SA 393): referred De Jong and Others v Trustees, Simcha Trust, and Another 2014 (4) SA 73 (WCC): confirmed on appeal Gauteng......
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  • Bureaucratic bungling, deliberate misconduct and claims for pure economic loss in the tender process
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , September 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...to do so. It was thus just and equitable for the respondent tocompensate the applicant for its out-of-pocket expenses.922007 (4) SA 488 (C).(2014) 26 SA MERC LJ406© Juta and Company (Pty) (c) Failure to call for public tendersIn the Canadian case Exploits Valley Air Services Ltd v Board of ......
  • State liability and accountability
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 August 2019
    ...the Promotion of NationalUnity and ReconciliationAct 34 of 1995).47See eg Darson Construction Pty (Pty) v City of Cape Townand Another 2007 (4) SA 488 (C).48Fose v Minister of Safety and Security 1997 (3) SA 786 (CC) para 60; Modderklip (n 1) paras60–5; MEC, Department of Welfare,Eastern Ca......
  • Worse than Losing a Government Tender: Winning it
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 May 2019
    ...Econ omic Developmen t (Western Cape) CPD 26-10-2007 case no 5542/2007 pa ra 55; Darson Constru ction (Pty) Ltd v Cit y of Cape Town 2007 4 SA 488 (C) 501F-G. 112 The fa ct that reviews are most ly brought on motion procee dings adds to thi s problem since the reviewi ng court would n ot ha......