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Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

South Africa Law Reports Cited authorities 10 Cited in 61 Precedent Map Related
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JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeWessels ACJ, Jansen JA, Muller JA, Hofmeyr JA and Joubert JA
Judgment Date25 September 1978
Citation1979 (1) SA 51 (A)
Hearing Date03 May 1978
CourtAppellate Division
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52 practice notes
  • Vicarious liability: not simply a matter of legal policy
    • South Africa
    • Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 May 2019
    ...eg Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v MacDonald 1931 AD 412 434 on the one hand and Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 1 SA 51 (A) 63G on the other. 24 See eg Barlow Vicarious Liability 180 et seq; Mkize v Martens 1914 AD 382. 25 See eg Smit v Workmen's Compensation C......
  • Transnet Ltd and Others v Chirwa
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...the Eastern Cape and Another (2001) 22 ILJ 1688 (LC) ([2001] 9BLLR 1085): referred toSmit v Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A): dictum at56F appliedTransnet Ltd v Goodman Brothers (Pty) Ltd 2001 (1) SA 853 (SCA) (2001(2) BCLR 176): referred toUnited National Public Serva......
  • Head of Department, Department of Education, Free State Province v Welkom High School and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Africa Ltd and Another 2012 (5) SA 142 (CC) (2012 (8) BCLR 785; [2012] ZACC 11): referred to Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A): referred South African Broadcasting Corp Ltd v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others 2007 (1) SA 523 (CC) (2007 (1) SACR ......
  • Absa Bank Ltd v Bond Equipment (Pretoria) (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Wynkelder Bpk v Chemserve Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 358 (C) at 363B - C Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A) at 62D I Squire v Sasol Mynbou (Edms) Bpk en Andere 1993 (3) SA 298 (T) at 304H South African Railways and Harbours v Marais 1950 (4) SA 610 (A) Va......
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38 cases
  • Transnet Ltd and Others v Chirwa
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...the Eastern Cape and Another (2001) 22 ILJ 1688 (LC) ([2001] 9BLLR 1085): referred toSmit v Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A): dictum at56F appliedTransnet Ltd v Goodman Brothers (Pty) Ltd 2001 (1) SA 853 (SCA) (2001(2) BCLR 176): referred toUnited National Public Serva......
  • Head of Department, Department of Education, Free State Province v Welkom High School and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Africa Ltd and Another 2012 (5) SA 142 (CC) (2012 (8) BCLR 785; [2012] ZACC 11): referred to Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A): referred South African Broadcasting Corp Ltd v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others 2007 (1) SA 523 (CC) (2007 (1) SACR ......
  • Absa Bank Ltd v Bond Equipment (Pretoria) (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Wynkelder Bpk v Chemserve Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 358 (C) at 363B - C Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A) at 62D I Squire v Sasol Mynbou (Edms) Bpk en Andere 1993 (3) SA 298 (T) at 304H South African Railways and Harbours v Marais 1950 (4) SA 610 (A) Va......
  • Seloadi and Others v Sun International (Bophuthatswana) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Mines Ltd v National Union of Mineworkers and Others 1986 (2) SA 472 (W) at 477J-478A; Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A); Coetzee v Argus Printing and Publishing Co 1914 CPD 749; R v Smit 1955 (1) SA 239 (C); Maodi and Others v C Bophuthatswana Transport Holdings......
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14 books & journal articles
  • Vicarious liability: not simply a matter of legal policy
    • South Africa
    • Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 May 2019
    ...eg Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v MacDonald 1931 AD 412 434 on the one hand and Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 1 SA 51 (A) 63G on the other. 24 See eg Barlow Vicarious Liability 180 et seq; Mkize v Martens 1914 AD 382. 25 See eg Smit v Workmen's Compensation C......
  • Individual performance contracts in higher education: A critical appraisal
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...individual performancecontracts with employees. The emphasis is on individual performance,30Smit v Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner 1979 (1) SA 51 (A). See also M A Fouché(ed) Legal Principles of Contracts and Commercial Law revised 6 ed (2007) 195.31DJLötz&CJNagel Specific Contracts in ......
  • Case Comments: Copyright in Works Created in the Course of Employment: The Supreme Court of Appeal Gives Guidance: King v South African Weather Service
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...of factors pointing in that direction (s 200A(1) of the LabourRelations Act 66 of 1995; Smit v Workman’s Compensation Commissioner1979 (1) SA 51 (A); Etienne Mureinik ‘The Contract of Service: An EasyTestfor Hard Cases’ (1980) 97 SALJ 246). So with computer programs, if onewere to consider ......
  • The past, present and future of vicarious liability in South Africa
    • South Africa
    • De Jure No. 45-2, January 2012
    • 1 January 2012
    ...liability (See Langley FoxBuilding Partnership (Pty) Ltd v De Valance 1991 1 SA 1 (A) 8; Smit vWorkmen’s Compensation Commissioner 1979 1 SA 51 (A) where the courtlisted factors that are indicative of an employment relationship as well asMidway Two Engineering & Construction Services v Tran......
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