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Van Der Merwe v Master of the High Court & Another [2010] JOL 26090 (SCA) - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site.
[2] The applicants are the executors in the estate of the late Hendrik Naude Van der Merwe ('the deceased) who was the alienator of the unencumbered land concerned. The first applicant is the deceased’s widow and the mother of his three children. The respondent is the deceased's brother and the alienee.
1 sty 2010 · PDF | On Jan 1, 2010, Sylvia Papadopoulos published Electronic Wills with an Aura of Authenticity: Van der Merwe v Master of the High Court and Another | Find, read and cite all the...
27 maj 2015 · The Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a judgment of the High Court and decided that his wife and three children were entitled to be compensated for their loss of financial support. Careful consideration was again given to the element of wrongfulness, negligence and causation.
So the deceased, Van Schalkwyk, sent Van der Merwe an e-mail on 26 July 2007, containing the contested will with Van der Merwe as the sole beneficiary. Van der Merwe reciprocated and drafted his own will, naming Van Schalkwyk the sole beneficiary.
In De Beer v Van der Merwe,6 Juta JA explained that the doctrine relates to a right that has been exercised against another person and has been in existence for so long – since time immemorial – that no one can tell when, and therefore how, it arose. It is then assumed that the right arose lawfully,
In response the Chief Executive Officer of the second respondent, Ms Marcelle Meredith, filed an affidavit stating that the second respondent had no knowledge of the discussion referred to by the appellant and was unable to speculate on the reason for the deceased’s failure to sign the will in favour of the appellant.
