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 North Gauteng High Court Case nr 10654/09, 20 July 2009 The Road Accident Fund terminated the mandate of its attorneys, Brugmans Inc, and appointed Bell Dewar Attorneys to act further on its behalf in the application. The Road Accident Fund will be delivering the further record requested from it in terms of Rule 30A(1) today. To date, the Minister of Transport has not furnished the further record, which was requested in terms of various Rule 30A(1) notices. |
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 North Gauteng High Court Case nr 10654/09 22 June 2009 In terms of the review application, the Road Accident Fund and the Minister of Transport had to produce records and thereafter in terms of Rule 53(4) the applicants would have an opportunity to amend their notice of motion and produce supplementary affidavits (arising from the records). Only once the applicants had filed their amended notice of motion and supplementary affidavits would the respondents have to file their answering affidavits, whereafter the applicants could reply. |
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 The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA), together with the South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (SAAPIL), the Quadpara Association of South Africa (QASA) and the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA), on Friday 27 February 2009, served papers on the Minister of Transport and the Road Accident Fund challenging the constitutionality and legality of the Road Accident Fund Amendment Act 19 of 2005 and some of its regulations, which came into effect in August 2008. |
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 The general principle of making a remarriage contingency deduction when calculating the loss of support claim of a widow is a well established one in our Law and is based on the following main objectives : |
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