Witwatersrand Local Division - 1983 July

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July 1983
Leave to appeal refused where trial credibility findings on negligence, based on primary facts, lacked reasonable prospect of being overturned.
• Civil procedure – leave to appeal – where trial judgment rests on credibility of primary witnesses, appellate interference inappropriate absent misdirection; • Evidence – credibility assessments – departure from pleaded case undermines witness credibility; • Contract law – inference from evidence – appellate court may draw inferences but cannot overturn credible primary findings without clear misdirection.
18 July 1983
Court apportioned costs across multiple interlocutory applications: applicant awarded interim-interdict costs, respondent penalised for abandoning major contentions; leave to appeal granted.
Costs — interlocutory proceedings — partial success — abandonment/withdrawal of major contentions may justify adverse costs order; Interim interdict — requisites established entitle applicant to costs of interim application; Contempt/second interdict — failure to prove canvassing or wilful disobedience defeats applicant’s claim for costs; Specific cost allocation and taxation on two counsel.
7 July 1983