On 14 October 2024, the Durban High Court dismissed a review application brought by a trading entity against a ruling by the Ports Regulator that it had jurisdiction to determine the validity of administrative action exercised by Transnet.
The matter arose from a lease agreement between the applicant lessee and Transnet in respect of
This judgment considered whether the insured was provided with an indemnity under the insurer’s general liability policy for the costs of pollution rehabilitation.
Transnet sought to recover money it had expended in the rehabilitation of soil contaminated by aviation fuel escaping from an underground pipeline belonging to it. Transnet had a registered servitude through the