On 17 March 2025 the High Court dealt with an all-too-common situation where an oral agreement between good friends and business partners had not been reduced to writing. The business relationship was implemented and money paid without formal written agreements setting out the rights and obligations of each party. The court found that the investor
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A Constitutionally invalid agreement is void from inception and does not confer any rights under the contract

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on
A Constitutionally invalid agreement is void from inception and does not confer any rights under the contract
The dispute concerned a lease for a hotel in Coffee Bay, Transkei for a period of 20 years that was held to be constitutionally invalid because the lease had been signed contrary to the laws relating to public…