Van Wyk v Rondalia

JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeJansen R
Judgment Date19 August 1966
CourtTransvaal Provincial Division
Hearing Date16 August 1966
Citation1967 (1) SA 373 (T)

E Jansen, R.:

In die onderhawige geval is in 'n verhoorsaak uitspraak voor inwerkingtreding van die nuwe Hooggeregshofsreëls voorbehou en die bevel na inwerkingtreding verleen. In die bevel is verlof aan die partye toegestaan (op sekere voorwaardes wat nie nou relevant is nie) om enige aansoek 'ingevolge die nuwe Reëls i.s. koste' by die Verhoorregter te F doen, indien een van die partye dit 'wenslik of nodig ag'. Sodanige aansoek deur eiser (wat met koste geslaag het) dien nou, en die partye is dit eens dat die enigste geskilpunt wat beslis moet word is of eiser (tussen party en party) op koste ten opsigte van twee advokate geregtig is. Die partye is dit ook eens dat hierin twee kwessies opgesluit lê: G moet die punt benader word op grondslag van Item VI van die Eerste Bylae wat volg op die Uniale Reël 24, wat gegeld het toe die saak gedien het, al dan nie; indien nie, is eiser geregtig op magtiging vir gelde vir meer as een advokaat ingevolge die nuwe Reël 69 (1)? Verder is die partye dit ook eens dat as e.g. die geval is, 'n deklarerende

Jansen R

bevel verleen moet word, dat eiser op die gelde van twee advokate geregtig is. Dit is duidelik dat genoemde kwessies in dieselfde volgorde benader moet word, aangesien die nodigheid al dan nie vir 'n bevel A ingevolge die nuwe Reël slegs ontstaan as die voormalige Reël nie van toepassing is nie.

Die voormalige Reël 24 is herroep deur die nuwe Reël 71, maar eiser beroep hom op

'the principle that (in the absence of express provision to the contrary) no statute is presumed to operate retrospectively'

B (Mahomed, N.O v Union Government (Minister of Interior), 1911 AD 1 op bl. 8), en voer aan dat op grondslag van hierdie beginsel die vermoede bestaan dat die Wetgewer tog bedoel het dat Reël 24 nogtans op 'n geval soos die onderhawige nog van toepassing moet wees. Hierteenoor beroep verweerder hom veral op 'n passasie in Duvos (Pty.) Ltd. v. C Newcastle and Others, 1965 (4) SA 553 (N). Hierdie saak handel met die toepaslikheid al dan nie van die huidige Reël 70 H by taksasie van 'n rekening ten opsigte van 'n geding waar uitspraak gegee is voor inwerkingtreding van die nuwe Reëls, maar die taksasie daarna geskied het. (Volgens verweerder is die onderhawige dus 'n a fortiori geval). In die eerste plek is die sogenoemde vermoede teen retrospektiwiteit in D hierdie saak ook aangevoer. Hiermee handel die Hof soos volg (op bl. 555A - 556C):

'In my judgment, for reasons which will shortly be given, Rule 70 H is not of application and it is thus not strictly necessary to deal with the first contention. Prima facie, however, such contention seems to be unfounded. Rule 70 deals with taxation and fees of attorneys which are pre-eminently, matters of procedure and, as such, the Rules necessarily, and to an extent, have a measure of retrospective effect; cf. Curtis v. E Johannesburg Municipality, 1906 T.S. 308 at p. 312, where INNES, C.J., said

'Every law regulating legal procedure must, in the absence of express provision to the contrary, necessarily govern, so far as it is applicable, the procedure in every suit which comes to trial after the date of its promulgation, and even though the suit may have been then pending. To the extent to which it does that, but to no greater extent, a law dealing with procedure is said to be retrospective.'

There is no express provision to the contrary in the Rules and, in my F judgment, taxation...

To continue reading

Request your trial
40 practice notes
  • Minister of Home Affairs and Another v American Ninja IV Partnership and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(A) at 478B-H; Gentiruco AG v Firestone SA (Pty) Ltd 1972 (1) SA 589 (A); Nourse Mines Ltd v Clarke 1910 TS 660; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at D 376G; Newman v Prinsloo and Another 1974 (4) SA 408 (W) at 411E; Glyphis v Tuckers Land Holdings Ltd 1978 (1) SA 530 (A) at 539E; Baxt......
  • Adampol (Pty) Ltd v Administrator, Transvaal
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Community Development Board 1988 (1) SA 290 (A) at 298B - E; Du Plessis v Raubenheimer NO 1917 OPD 104 at 111; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at 376C - F; R v Inhabitants of St Mary's White Chapel (1848) 12 QBD 120 at 127 (116 ER 811); Master Ladies' G Tailors Organisation v Minis......
  • Steenberg v De Kaap Timber (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Bezuidenhout and Mieny 1962 (2) SA 566 (A); Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Wagner 1965 (4) SA 507 (A); Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T); Quathlamba D (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Forestry 1972 (2) SA 783 (N) at 788H; Minister of Forestry v Quathlamba (Pty) Ltd 1973 (3) SA 69 (......
  • Sun World International Inc v Unifruco Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...521 (C): followed Universal City Studios Inc and Others v Network Video (Pty) Ltd 1986 (2) SA 734 (A): considered D Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T): followed Yousif v Salama [1980] 3 All ER 405 (CA): referred to. Statutes Considered Statutes The Plant Breeders' Rights Act 15 of 1976:......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
40 cases
  • Minister of Home Affairs and Another v American Ninja IV Partnership and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(A) at 478B-H; Gentiruco AG v Firestone SA (Pty) Ltd 1972 (1) SA 589 (A); Nourse Mines Ltd v Clarke 1910 TS 660; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at D 376G; Newman v Prinsloo and Another 1974 (4) SA 408 (W) at 411E; Glyphis v Tuckers Land Holdings Ltd 1978 (1) SA 530 (A) at 539E; Baxt......
  • Adampol (Pty) Ltd v Administrator, Transvaal
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Community Development Board 1988 (1) SA 290 (A) at 298B - E; Du Plessis v Raubenheimer NO 1917 OPD 104 at 111; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at 376C - F; R v Inhabitants of St Mary's White Chapel (1848) 12 QBD 120 at 127 (116 ER 811); Master Ladies' G Tailors Organisation v Minis......
  • Steenberg v De Kaap Timber (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Bezuidenhout and Mieny 1962 (2) SA 566 (A); Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Wagner 1965 (4) SA 507 (A); Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T); Quathlamba D (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Forestry 1972 (2) SA 783 (N) at 788H; Minister of Forestry v Quathlamba (Pty) Ltd 1973 (3) SA 69 (......
  • Sun World International Inc v Unifruco Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...521 (C): followed Universal City Studios Inc and Others v Network Video (Pty) Ltd 1986 (2) SA 734 (A): considered D Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T): followed Yousif v Salama [1980] 3 All ER 405 (CA): referred to. Statutes Considered Statutes The Plant Breeders' Rights Act 15 of 1976:......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
40 provisions
  • Minister of Home Affairs and Another v American Ninja IV Partnership and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(A) at 478B-H; Gentiruco AG v Firestone SA (Pty) Ltd 1972 (1) SA 589 (A); Nourse Mines Ltd v Clarke 1910 TS 660; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at D 376G; Newman v Prinsloo and Another 1974 (4) SA 408 (W) at 411E; Glyphis v Tuckers Land Holdings Ltd 1978 (1) SA 530 (A) at 539E; Baxt......
  • Adampol (Pty) Ltd v Administrator, Transvaal
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Community Development Board 1988 (1) SA 290 (A) at 298B - E; Du Plessis v Raubenheimer NO 1917 OPD 104 at 111; Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T) at 376C - F; R v Inhabitants of St Mary's White Chapel (1848) 12 QBD 120 at 127 (116 ER 811); Master Ladies' G Tailors Organisation v Minis......
  • Steenberg v De Kaap Timber (Pty) Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Bezuidenhout and Mieny 1962 (2) SA 566 (A); Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Wagner 1965 (4) SA 507 (A); Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T); Quathlamba D (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Forestry 1972 (2) SA 783 (N) at 788H; Minister of Forestry v Quathlamba (Pty) Ltd 1973 (3) SA 69 (......
  • Sun World International Inc v Unifruco Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...521 (C): followed Universal City Studios Inc and Others v Network Video (Pty) Ltd 1986 (2) SA 734 (A): considered D Van Wyk v Rondalia 1967 (1) SA 373 (T): followed Yousif v Salama [1980] 3 All ER 405 (CA): referred to. Statutes Considered Statutes The Plant Breeders' Rights Act 15 of 1976:......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT