Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
List of Journal abbreviations
Chapter 1
General principles
[1]
Le Roux v Van Biljon and Another 1956 2 SA 17 (T)
[2]
Pucjlowski v Johnston's Executors 1946 WLD 1
[3]
Parkin v Smuts 1978 3 SA 55 (T)
1.2
General enrichment action
[4]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[5]
McCarthy Retail Ltd v Shortdistance Carriers CC [2001] 3 All SA 236 (A)
[6]
Kudu Granite Operations (Pty) Ltd v Caterna Ltd [2003] 3 All SA 1 (SCA)
1.3.1
Unjustified (sine causa) transfer or retention of value
[7]
S Polwarth and Co (Pvt) Ltd v Zanombairi and Others 1972 2 SA 688 (R)
[8]
McCarthy Retail Ltd v Shortdistance Carriers CC [2001] 3 All SA 236 (A)
1.3.2
Enrichment and impoverishment
[9]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[10]
Brooklyn House Furnishers (Pty) Ltd v Knoetze and Sons 1970 3 SA 264 (A)
[11]
Rand vir Rand (Edms) Bpk v Boswell [1978] 3 All SA 704 (W)
[12]
Skyword (Pvt) Ltd v Peter Scales (Pvt) Ltd 1979 1 SA 570 (R)
[13]
Lobo Properties (Pty) Ltd v Express Lift Co (SA) (Pty) Ltd 1961 1 SA 704 (C)
1.3.2.2
Decrease or extinction of enrichment
[14]
King v Cohen Benjamin and Co 1953 4 SA 641 (W)
1.3.2.3
Increased enrichment liability
[15]
First National Bank of Southern Africa Ltd v Perry NO and Others [2001] 3 All SA 331 (A)
1.3.2.3.1
Knowledge or implied knowledge of the enrichment
[16] Le Riche v Hamman 1946 AD 648
1.3.2.3.2
Where the defendant is in mora
[17]
[17] Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of SA and Another v Die 1963 Ambagsaalvereniging 1968 1 SA 283 (T)
1.3.2.3.3
Mala fides of the enriched party
[18]
[18] S v Graham 1975 3 SA 569 (A)
[19]
[19] C and T Products (Pty) Ltd v MH Goldschmidt (Pty) Ltd 1981 3 SA 619 (C)
1.3.2.3.4
Where the defendant is a turpis persona
[20]
[20] Minister van Justisie v Van Heerden 1960 4 SA 377 (O)
1.3.2.3.5
Exceptions: persons with limited capacity to act
[21]
[21] Edelstein v Edelstein NO and Others 1952 3 SA 1 (A)
1.3.2.4
Waiver of enrichment
[22]
Fletcher and Fletcher v Bulawayo Waterworks Company Limited; Buluwayo Waterworks Company Limited v Fletcher and Fletcher 1915 AD 636
[23]
Eduan Hoogtes (Pty) Ltd v Charin Electronics (Pty) Ltd 1973 2 SA 795 (T)
1.3.2.5
Enrichment liability for a factum or use of property
[24]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[25]
Lodge v Modern Motors Ltd 1957 4 SA 103 (SR)
1.3.2.6
Enrichment liability for interest
[26]
Commissioner for Inland Revenue v First National Industrial Bank Ltd 1990 3 SA 641 (A)
1.3.2.7
Contributing factors affecting enrichment and impoverishment
[27]
Pucjlowski v Johnston's Executors 1946 WLD 1
[28]
Rubin v Botha 1911 AD 568
[29]
Dugas v Kempster Sedgwick (Pty) Ltd 1961 1 SA 784 (D)
[30]
Property Time-Sharing Control Act 75 of 1983
1.3.3
Causality: enrichment at someone's expense
[31]
Buzzard Electrical (Pty) Ltd v 158 Jan Smuts Avenue Investments (Pty) Ltd en 'n Ander [1996] 3 All SA 1 (A)
[32]
McCarthy Retail Ltd v Shortdistance Carriers CC [2001] 3 All SA 236 (A)
[33]
Prescription Act 68 of 1969
[34]
The Liquidators of the Paarl Bank v Roux and Others (1891) 8 SC 205
[35]
Lydenburg Voorspoed Ko-operasie v Els 1966 3 SA 34 (T)
[36]
Firstrand Bank Ltd v Nedbank (Swaziland) Ltd [2004] JOL 12571 (SCA)
Chapter 2
Condictiones sine causa
2.1
Condictiones sine causa generales
2.1.1
Condictio ob turpem vel iniustam causam
2.1.1.1.1
Common law illegality
[37]
Sasfin (Pty) Ltd v Beukes 1989 1 SA 1 (A)
[38]
First National Bank of Southern Africa Ltd v Perry NO and Others [2001] 3 All SA 331 (A)
2.1.1.1.2
Statutory illegality
[39]
Metro Western Cape (Pty) Ltd v Ross 1986 3 SA 181 (A)
[40]
Visser en 'n Ander v Rousseau en Andere NNO 1990 1 SA 139 (A)
2.1.1.3
Tender to restore defendant's performance
[41]
Albertyn v Kumalo and Others 1946 WLD 529
[42]
Minister van Justisie v Van Heerden 1961 3 SA 25 (O)
2.1.2.1.1
Transfer of property, money or possession (payment)
[43]
Frame v Palmer 1950 3 SA 340 (C)
[44]
Licences and General Insurance Co v Ismay 1951 2 SA 456 (E)
2.1.2.1.2
Absence of an enforceable or natural debt
[45]
Duff's Trustees v Estate Arde 1937 NPD 207
[46]
Phillips v Hughes; Hughes v Maphumulo 1979 1 SA 225 (N)
[47]
Divisional Council of Aliwal North v De Wet (1890) 7 SC 232
[48]
Rane Finance (Pty) Ltd v Queenstown Municipality and Another 1988 4 SA 193 (E)
[49]
Willis Faber Enthoven (Pty) Ltd v Receiver of Revenue and Another 1992 4 SA 202 (A)
2.1.2.1.4
Payments under duress and protest
[50]
Commissioner for Inland Revenue v First National Industrial Bank Ltd 1990 3 SA 641 (A)
2.1.2.1.5
Ultra vires payments and payments by minors
[51]
Bowman, De Wet and Du Plessis NNO and Others v Fidelity Bank Ltd [1997] 1 All SA 317 (A)
2.1.2.2
Specific fields of application
[52]
Mosam and Another v De Kamper 1964 3 SA 794 (T)
[53]
Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965
[54]
Kommissaris van Binnelandse Inkomste en 'n Ander v Willers en Andere [1994] 2 All SA 268 (A).
2.1.2.2.3
Alienation of land
[55]
Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981
2.1.3
Condictio causa data causa non secuta
[56]
Benoni Town Council v Minister of Agricultural Credit and Land Tenure [1978] 2 All SA 283 (T)
2.1.3.2
Assumptions and conditions
[57]
Williams v Evans 1978 1 SA 1170 (C)
[58]
Fourie v CDMO Homes (Pty) Ltd 1982 1 SA 21 (A)
2.1.3.3
Return of performance pursuant to cancellation of contract
[59]
Baker v Probert 1985 3 SA 429 (A)
2.2
Condictio sine causa specialis
[60]
Rulten NO v Herald Industries (Pty) Ltd 1982 3 SA 600 (D)
2.2.1
Condictio ob causam finitam
[61]
Snyman v Pretoria Hypotheek Maatschappij 1916 OPD 263
[62]
Jacquesson v Minister of Finance Case No 548/04 16 November 2005 (SCA); 2006 3 SA 334 (SCA)
[63]
B & H Engineering v First National Bank of South Africa Ltd [1995] 1 All SA 545 (A)
2.2.3
Bona fide disposal or consumption
[64]
Van der Westhuizen v McDonald and Mundel 1907 TS 933
[65]
Commissioner of Customs and Excise v Bank of Lisbon International Ltd and Another 1994 1 SA 205 (N)
Chapter 3
Enrichment of persons with limited capacity
[66]
Tanne v Foggit 1938 TPD 43
[67]
Edelstein v Edelstein NO and Others 1952 3 SA 1 (A)
[68]
Molyneux v Natal Land and Colonization Company Limited 1905 NLR 423
[69]
Phil Morkel Bpk v Niemand 1970 3 SA 455 (C)
3.4
Persons married in community of property
[70]
Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 (as amended)
Chapter 4
Action of the negotiorum gestor
4.1
Actio negotiorum gestorum utilis
[71]
ABSA Bank Ltd t/a BANKFIN v Stander t/a CAW Paneelkloppers 1998 1 SA 939 (C)
4.2
Where the gestor administered the affairs of a minor
[72]
Pretorius v Van Zyl 1927 OPD 226
4.3
Where the gestor acted against the express wishes of the dominus
[73]
Standard Bank Financial Services Ltd v Taylam (Pty) Ltd 1979 2 SA 383 (C)
4.4
Where the gestor acted mala fide in his own interest
[74]
Odendaal v Van Oudtshoorn 1968 3 SA 433 (T)
4.5
Where the gestor administered the affairs of another in the bona fide belief that they were his own
[75]
Klug and Klug v Penkin 1932 CPD 401
[76]
Goudini Chrome (Pty) Ltd v MCC Contracts (Pty) Ltd 1993 1 SA 77 (A)
Chapter 5
Enrichment by improvements to property
5.1.1
General requirements
[77]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[78]
De Beers Consolidated Mines v London and South African Exploration Company (1893) 10 SC 359
5.1.2
The extent of compensation
[79]
Lechoana v Cloete 1925 AD 536
[80]
Fletcher and Fletcher v Bulawayo Waterworks Company Limited; Bulawayo Waterworks Company Limited v Fletcher and Fletcher 1915 AD 636
[81]
Rademeyer and Others v Rademeyer and Others 1967 2 SA 702 (C)
[82]
Kommissaris van Binnelandse Inkomste v Anglo American (OFS) Housing Co Ltd 1960 3 SA 642 (A)
[83]
United Building Society v Smookler's Trustees and Golombick's Trustee 1906 TS 623
[84]
Erasmus en 'n Ander v Minister van Wet en Orde 1991 1 SA 453 (O)
[85]
Rondalia Bank Bpk v Pieter Nel Motors (Edms) Bpk 1979 4 SA 467 (T)
5.2.1
Requirements and compensation
[86]
De Beers Consolidated Mines v London and South African Exploration Company (1893) 10 SC 359
[87]
Lechoana v Cloete 1925 AD 536
[88]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[89]
Peens v Botha-Odendaal 1980 2 SA 381 (O)
[90]
Quarrying Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd v John Viol (Pvt) Ltd and Others 1985 3 SA 575 (ZH)
5.3
Bona fide occupiers/holders
5.3.1
Requirements and compensation
[91]
Rubin v Botha 1911 AD 568
[92]
Fletcher and Fletcher v Bulawayo Waterworks Company Limited; Bulawayo Waterworks Company Limited v Fletcher and Fletcher 1915 AD 636
[93]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[94]
Weilbach en 'n Ander v Grobler 1982 2 SA 15 (O)
[95]
Earljay Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Moldenhauer 1984 3 SA 354 (E)
[96]
Rademeyer and Others v Rademeyer and Others 1967 2 SA 702 (C)
[97]
Peens v Botha-Odendaal 1980 2 SA 381 (O)
5.4
Mala fide occupiers/holders
[98]
Acton v Motau 1909 TS 841
[99]
Peens v Botha-Odendaal 1980 2 SA 381 (O)
[100]
Quarrying Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd v John Viol (Pvt) Ltd and Others 1985 3 SA 575 (ZH)
[101]
Boikhutsong Business Undertakings (Pty) Ltd and Another v Grobler NO 1988 2 SA 676 (BA)
5.5
Lawful occupiers/holders
5.5.1
General requirements
[102]
Nortje en 'n Ander v Pool NO 1966 3 SA 96 (A)
[103]
Kommissaris van Binnelandse Inkomste v Anglo American (OFS) Housing Co Ltd 1960 3 SA 642 (A)
[104]
Von Wuldfling-Eybers and Another v Soundprops 2587 Invest ments CC [1994] 2 All SA 461 (C)
5.5.2
Compensation and lien
[105]
Compere v Coetzee and Others 1975 2 SA 430 (T)
[106]
Peens v Botha-Odendaal 1980 2 SA 381 (O)
[107]
Wynland Construction (Pty) Ltd v Ashley-Smith en Andere 1985 3 SA 798 (A)
[108]
Standard Kredietkorporasie Bpk v JOT Motors (Edms) Bpk h/a Vaal Motors 1986 1 SA 223 (A)
[109]
Lubbe v Volkskas Bpk 1991 1 SA 398 (O)
[110]
Meyer's Trustee v Malan 1911 TPD 559
[111]
Lechoana v Cloete 1925 AD 536
[112]
De Beers Consolidated Mines v London and South African Exploration Company (1893) 10 SC 359
[113]
Van Wezel v Van Wezel's Trustee 1924 AD 409
[114]
Syfrets Participation Bond Managers Ltd v Estate and Co-op Wine Distributors (Pty) Ltd 1989 1 SA 106 (W)
[115]
Business Aviation Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Another v Rand Airport Holdings (Pty) Ltd [2007] 1 All SA 421 (SCA)
[116]
Brunsdon's Estate v Brunsdon's Estate and Others 1920 CPD 159
[117]
Du Plessis v Meyer's Estate 1913 CPD 1006
[118]
Ex parte Van Zyl 1948 2 SA 210 (C)
Chapter 6
Enrichment by work done or services rendered
6.1
Distinction between locatio conductio operis and locatio conductio operarum
[119]
Smit v Workmen's Compensation Commissioner 1979 1 SA 51 (A)
6.2
Locatio conductio operis
6.2.1
General requirements
[120]
Hauman v Nortje 1914 AD 293
6.2.2
The meaning of quantum meruit
[121]
Grizzell v P&W Erection Co (Pvt) Ltd 1972 4 SA 449 (SR)
[122]
Dominion Earthworks (Pty) Ltd v MJ Greef Electrical Contractors (Pty) Ltd 1970 1 SA 228 (A)
6.2.3
Calculation of compensation
[123]
BK Tooling (Edms) Bpk v Scope Precision Engineering (Edms) Bpk 1979 1 SA 391 (A)
6.3
Locatio conductio operarum
[124]
Spencer v Gostelow 1920 AD 617
[125]
Muller v Grobbelaar 1946 OPD 272
[126]
Middleton v Carr 1949 2 SA 374 (A)
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
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