This blog was co-authored by Lesego Moloisana, candidate attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa.
In Sandla v RAF, the claimant sued RAF for the loss of support after her older brother (hereafter ‘the deceased’) died in a motor vehicle collision. The claimant claimed that the deceased had inherited the duty to support her during
This UK Supreme Court judgment https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2022-0100-judgment.pdf has implications on the recoverability of economic loss resulting from physical damage to property. On appeal, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of three lower courts through which the claim had meandered.
The claim arose from a road traffic collision in which the hired car was damaged through the
A claim under a business interruption policy generally requires a valid claim under the material damage section of the policy. And the damage must occur during the currency of the policy.
In TKC London Limited v Allianz Insurance PLC [2020] EWHC 27 10 (Comm.), the insured operated a café in London. Following the Covid-19
The surviving wife and children of a breadwinner sued the Road Accident Fund for damages when he died as a result of a single vehicle accident in which the deceased’s negligence was the sole cause of the collision.
The court held that the Road Accident Fund does not provide such a remedy and no wrongfulness