National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa obo M Fohlisa and Others v Hendor Mining Supplies (a division of Marschalk Beleggings (Pty) Ltd) [2017] ZACC 9 (30 March 2017)

Contract — breach — oral agreement to negotiate in good faith

Pleadings — Ostensible authority — Distinct from estoppel — Not necessary to plead ostensible authority in replication

Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — Sections 10(1), 11(d), 129(d) — interpretation of “debt”

Constitution — Section 39(2) — Narrow interpretation of “debt” —claim not prescribed

Doctrine of res judicata — power to relax doctrine in exceptional circumstances — sections 173 and 39(2) of the Constitution — circumstances in which Court will revisit final judgments in criminal cases