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The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2008.. The members of the court at the start of 2008 were Chief Justice Pius Langa, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Sandile Ngcobo, Bess Nkabinde, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob.
The company wanted South Africa to pressure Lesotho not to do so. South Africa refused, and the company brought application against the South African government seeking information about the background. The government was opposed. The court applied its mind, ordered disclosure and enunciated some principles:
Proprietary estoppel is not a concept in American law, but a similar result is often reached under the general doctrine of promissory estoppel. Traditionally, proprietary estoppel arose in relation to rights to use the land of the owner, and possibly in connection with disputed transfers of ownership.
Legal jurisdictions which provide for apparent authority include the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and South Africa.The doctrine of apparent authority is based on the concept of estoppel, thus, it prevents the principal from denying the existence of agency to a third party, provided that a representation, as to the agent's authority, has been made by him to the third ...
Kruger v President of Republic of South Africa and Others 2009 (1) SA 417 (CC). Lawyers for Human Rights and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Another 2004 (4) SA 125 (CC). Masetlha v President of the Republic of South Africa and Another 2008 (1) SA 566 (CC). Matatiele Municipality and Others v President of the RSA and Others 2006 (5) SA ...
Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others : Decided: 22 October 2008 () Docket nos. CCT 41/08: Citations [2008] ZACC 19; 2009 (1) SA 287 (CC); 2009 (2) BCLR 136 (CC) Case history; Prior actions: Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [2008] ZAGPHC 143 in the High Court of South Africa, Transvaal ...
South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa by the country's courts. All laws of South Africa must conform with the Constitution; any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or effect.
Estoppel forms part of the rules of equity, which were originally administered in the Chancery courts. Estoppel in English law is a doctrine that may be used in certain situations to prevent a person from relying upon certain rights, or upon a set of facts (e.g. words said or actions performed) which is different from an earlier set of facts.