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## Fedbond Nominees (Pty) Limited v Crypton Properties CC and Another (69130/2019)
[2023] ZAGPPHC 677 (7 August 2023)
Fedbond Nominees (Pty) Limited v Crypton Properties CC and Another (69130/2019)
[2023] ZAGPPHC 677 (7 August 2023)
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IN
THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG
DIVISION, PRETORIA
Case
No: 69130/2019
(1) REPORTABLE: NO
(2) OF INTEREST TO
OTHER JUDGES: NO
(3) REVISED
DATE:
7 August 2023
SIGNATURE
In
the matter between:
FEDBOND
NOMINEES (PTY) LIMITED
Applicant
(Registration
number: 1964/009690/07)
And
CRYPTON
PROPERTIES CC
First Respondent
(Registration
number: 1996/033173/23)
KOSTA
GEORGIEV
Second Respondent
(Idenitity
number: 6[...])
JUDGMENT
SARDIWALLA
J
[1]
This is an application for summary judgment in terms of Rule 32(2) of
the Uniform
Rules of Court. The relief sought is as follows:
A.
Summary judgment be granted against the Respondents, jointly and
severally, the one
paying the other to be absolved, in the following
terms:
1.
Payment in the amount of R3 183 870.26;
2.
Interest on the sum of R3 183 870.26 at the rate of 11, 63% per
annum, compounded
monthly, calculated from 1 July 2019 to date of
payment, both days inclusive;
3.
Payment in the amount of R 3 158 109.32;
4.
Interest on the sum of R3 158 109.32 at the rate of 11, 63% per
annum, compounded
monthly, calculated from 1 July 2019 to date of
payment, both days inclusive;
5.
Costs of suit on the scale as between attorney and client;
6.
Further and/or alternative relief.
B.
The following orders to be issued against the First Respondent:
7.
That the following properties be declared executable for the
aforementioned amounts:
7.1
PORTION 3 OF ERF 498 MARAISBURGEXTENSION 2 TOWNSHIP
REGISTRATION
DIVISION 1.Q. THE PROVINCE OF GAUTENG MEASURING: 1146 (ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX) SQUARE METRESHELD UNDER
DEED OF TRANSFER
T[...] TO THE CONDITIONS CONTAINED THEREIN
7.2
REMAINING EXTENT OF PORTION 42 (A PORTION OF PORTION 2) OFTHE FARM
PAARDEKRAAL NUMBER 226
REGISTRATION DIVISION I.Q. THE PROVINCE OF
GAUTENG MEASURING: 9535 (NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE)
SQUARE METRES REMAINING
EXTENT OF PORTION 23 (A PORTION OF PORTION 2)
OF THE FARM PAARDEKRAAL NUMBER 26 REGISTRATION DIVISION I.Q. THE
PROVINCE OF GAUTENG
MEASURING: 3185 (THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-FIVE) SQUARE METRES BOTH HELD UNDER DEED OF TRANSFER T[...]
SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS CONTAINED THEREIN
8.
Further and/or alternative relief.
Factual
Background
[2]
The Applicant’s claim was premised on the following facts:
2.1
On 4 December 2013, at Sandton, the Applicant, represented by J.W.B.
Field, duly authorised
thereto, and the First Respondent, represented
by the Second Respondent, duly authorised thereto, entered into a
written loan agreement.
2.2
The salient terms were the following:
2.2.1
The Applicant will lend and advance the amount of R2 625 000.00 (“the
Loan Amount”) to the First Respondent;
2.2.2
The bond term is fixed for 5 (five) years, which terminates on the
date 5 (five) years from the date of registration
of the bond;
2.2.3
On the expiry date the bond is to be:
2.2.3.1
Repaid in full, and shall until repaid in full remain subject
to the
terms and conditions as set out in the First Loan Agreement and
subsequent bond registration documentation;
2.2.3.2
Settlement figures will include the balance outstanding,
any unpaid
interest and costs applicable for the 3 month notice period as well
as any additional costs or charges levied by the
manager;
2.2.4
VAT invoices and statements of account will be sent by the Manager to
the First Respondent monthly to enable the
First Respondent to submit
VAT returns to the receiver of revenue and to keep record of the
various transactions effected in terms
of this First Loan Agreement;
2.2.5
Should the First Respondent not query these statements within 21 days
of date of such statements, the First Respondent
will be precluded
from the disputing the correctness of such statements later and such
statements will constitute
prima facie
proof of all amounts
appearing thereon and the First Respondent will bear the onus of
disproving the correctness of such statements;
2.2.6
The First Respondent shall reduce the loan amount of this loan by
0.75% of the loan amount annually, paid monthly
in advance together
with the payment of interest and costs payment payable by the First
Respondent in terms of clauses 9 and 10
of the First Loan Agreement;
2.2.7
An event of default shall occur if at any time:
2.2.7.1
The First Respondent fails to pay any sum due by it in
terms of the
First Loan Agreement on the due date and remains in default for 15
business days from the due date;
2.2.8
The Applicant may, without prejudice, at any time after the happening
of an event of default by the First Respondent:
2.2.8.1
Levy any additional administration charge on the outstanding
amount
owing under the loan agreement, compounded monthly in advance from
the date of occurrence of the event of default up until
and including
the date of remedy of the default or date of permanent repayment of
all amounts owing under the loan agreement, whichever
is the earlier;
2.2.8.2
Require on demand payment of all of the First Respondent's
indebtedness under the First Loan Agreement or any mortgage bond
registered which is then outstanding, whether or not it is then
due
for payment, at which stage the full value will become immediately
due.
2.3
On 4 April 2014, pursuant to the First Loan Agreement, a first
Participation Bond was registered
over the property described
therein.
2.4
The salient terms of the Maraisburg Participation Bond were the
following:
2.4.1 The
First Respondent is truly and lawfully indebted and held and firmly
bound unto and behalf of the Applicant,
its order, successors in
title or assigns for or as representative of the participants in this
bond in the sum of:
2.4.1.1
R2625000.00 (two million six hundred and twenty five thousand
Rand)
being the amount of money which the Manager on behalf of the
Applicant has agreed to lend to the First Respondent which amount
is
to be advanced to the First Respondent or its nominee after
registration of this bond and subject to the terms, conditions and
provisions of this bond and under the security hereof; and
2.4.1.2
R1 312 500.00 (one million three hundred and twelve thousand
five
hundred Rand); and
2.4.1.3
Interest payable in terms of this bond read with the First
Loan
Agreement;
2.4.2
The First Respondent is hereby bound:
2.4.2.1
To pay or cause the capital amount and all other amounts
due in terms
of this bond to be paid to the Applicant or other holder of this
bond, its order or assigns with such interest as
may from time to
time become due and payable thereon on the terms hereafter set out;
and
2.4.2.2
For the proper performance of the terms applying to this
bond which
are hereinafter set out;
2.4.3
As security for the due and proper payment and fulfilment of the
terms applying to this bond, the First Loan Agreement,
the rules of
the collective investment scheme and the collective Investment
Schemes Control Act; the First Respondent declared
to bind
specifically as a first participation mortgage bond over the property
described therein;
2.4.4
The First Respondent, renounced all benefits arising from the -
exceptions
non numeratae pecuniae, non causa debiti, errore
calculi
, revision of accounts, no value received, and all other
exceptions which might or could be taken at law or in equity to the
payment
of the indebtedness of the First Respondent, with the force
and effect of which exceptions the First Respondent declared itself
to be fully acquainted, and acknowledged and declared itself to be
truly and lawfully indebted and held firmly bound unto and in
favour
of the Applicant;
2.4.5
The First Respondent shall pay all amounts owing under this bond as
follows:
2.4.5.1
The interest calculated as set out above, shall be paid
monthly in
advance on the first day of each month during the currency of this
bond;
2.4.5.2
The equivalent of 0.75% of the capital amount of this bond
per annum
which amount shall be divided into 12 equal monthly instalments and
each instalment shall be payable monthly in advance
starting on 1
February 2014, or date of registration of this bond, whichever is the
earlier, and thereafter on the first day of
each succeeding month
during the currency of this bond;
2.4.5.3
On the fifth anniversary of the date of registration of
this bond,
the capital and any other amount outstanding is to be repaid in full;
2.4.6
The First Respondent shall pay, on demand, to the Applicant all the
costs of and incidental to suing for the recovery
of the capital
amount and/or interest thereon and/or the additional amount, or any
portion thereof and/or any other monies due
by ‘the First
Respondent to the Applicant under this bond calculated on the scale
charged between the Applicant's attorneys
on an hourly tariff plus
all disbursements; in general all costs, including costs as between
attorney aid own client, which might
arise out of or in connection
with the First Respondent's indebtedness to the Applicant hereunder,
the bond and/or the mortgaged
property;
2.4.7
Should the First Respondent —
2.4.7.1
Fail to make any interest payment to the Applicant on due
date; or
2.4.7.2
Fail to make any capital payment to the Applicant on due
date; or
2.4.7.3
Be in default of and/or breach of any of the terms, conditions
and/or
provisions of the First Loan Agreement, the rules, the Act and/or
this bond then and in such case or any of such cases,
the Applicant
shall be entitled forthwith without any notice or further notice to
the First Respondent to:
2.4.7.3.1
Claim and recover from the First Respondent the capital amount, or
the
balance thereof then owing, and all interest thereon, together
with all other amounts which may be due to the Applicant in terms
of
this bond, notwithstanding that the capital amount or such balance
thereof and/or the interest thereon may not yet be due and
payable;
and/or
2.4.7.3.2
Have the mortgaged properties excussed by legal process and/or
declared
executable for such amounts as shall be due and owing under
this bond by the First Respondent to the Applicant;
2.4.8
The Applicant shall be entitled to issue a written certificate of
indebtedness, which shall set forth:
2.4.8.1
The amount of the First Respondent's indebtedness to the
Applicant;
2.4.8.2
The rate of interest payable thereon, and the date from
which such
interest is reckoned;
2.4.8.3
The date upon which such indebtedness is due and payable;
2.4.9
The Applicant shall be entitled to claim from the First Respondent
and the First Respondent shall be obliged to
pay the Applicant the
amounts specified in the certificate of indebtedness which
certificate of indebtedness for purposes of this
agreement and for
any legal action instituted thereon shall:
2.4.9.1
Constitute the cause of action by means of which the Applicant
shall
be entitled to claim and recover the amount stated therein from the
First Respondent; and
2.4.9.2
Be binding on the First Respondent; and
2.4.9.3
Be deemed to be liquid for purposes of the Applicant obtaining
provisional sentence and/or other judgment against the First
Respondent; or
2.4.9.4
Constitute
prima facie
proof --
2.4.9.4.1
of the amount of the First Respondent's indebtedness to the Applicant
arising from this bond;
2.4.9.4.2
of the fact that the amount of the indebtedness specified in the
certificate
of indebtedness is due and payable;
2.4.9.4.3
of the rate/s of interest payable on the amount due;
2.4.9.4.4
of the date/s from which interest is to be calculated;
2.4.10
As a result of the Applicant's so having discharged the onus of proof
as contemplated supra, place on the First Respondent
the onus or duty
of rebutting the fact that:
2.4.10.1
The amount specified in the certificate of indebtedness is due and
payable; and/or
2.4.10.2
The rate/s of interest and the date/s from which such interest should
be reckoned is correctly specified therein;
2.4.11
The First Respondent waves its right to:
2.4.11.1
Challenge the appointment of the person signing the certificate;
2.4.11.2
Dispute the fact that it is his signature which appears on the
certificate;
2.5
All conditions precedent were fulfilled to the satisfaction of the
Applicant and its Manager.
2.6
The Applicant complied with all of its obligations in terms of the
First Loan Agreement
and Maraisburg Participation Bond by, inter
alia, advancing the Loan Amount to the First Respondent.
2.7
In breach of the terms of the First Loan Agreement and Maraisburg
Participation Bond, the
First Respondent failed to make payment of
the monthly instalments to the Applicant when payment became due and
failed to make
payment of the full outstanding balance on the fifth
anniversary of the registration of the Maraisburg Participation Bond,
remained
in default for a period exceeding 15 business days from due
date(s) and remains in default to date.
2.8
In the premise, the full outstanding balance of the Loan Amount,
interest, costs and charges
became due and payable at the option of
the Applicant, which option the Applicant exercised as set out herein
below alternatively
exercises herewith and/or became due and payable
on the fifth anniversary of the registration of the Maraisburg
Participation Bond.
2.9
As at 1 July 2019, the First Respondent was indebted to the Applicant
in the amount of R3
183 870.26 together with interest thereon at the
rate of 11.63% per annum, compounded monthly, calculated from 1 July
2019 to date
of payment, both days inclusive. A certificate of
indebtedness, signed by a director of the Applicant, confirming the
aforesaid
is annexed to the particulars of claim “FED3".
3.1
On 4 December 2013, at Sandton, the Applicant, represented by J.W.B.
Field, duly authorised
thereto, and the First Respondent, represented
by the Second Respondent, duly authorised thereto, entered into a
second written
loan agreement annexed to the particulars of claim as
“FED4".
3.2
The terms of the Second Loan Agreement are mutatis mutandis similar
to that of the First
Loan Agreement.
3.3
On 4 April 2014, pursuant to the Second Loan Agreement, a first
Participation Bond was registered
over the properties described
therein. The Paardekraal Participation Bond is annexed to the
particulars of claim as (annexure “FED5").
3.4
The terms of the Paardekraal Participation Bond are mutatis mutandis
similar to that of
the Maraisburg Participation.
3.5
All conditions precedent of the Second Loan Agreement were fulfilled
to the satisfaction
of the Applicant and its Manager.
3.6
The Applicant complied with all of its obligations in terms of the
loan agreement and First
Participation Bond by, inter alia, making
the Loan Amount available to the First Respondent.
3.7
In breach of the terms of the Second Loan Agreement and the
Paardekraal Participation Bond,
the First Respondent failed to make
payment of the monthly instalments to the Applicant when payment
became due and failed to make
payment of the full outstanding balance
on the fifth anniversary of the registration of the Paardekraal
Participation Bond, remained
in default for a period exceeding 15
business days from due date(s) and remains in default to date.
3.8
In the premise, the full outstanding balance of the loan account
became due and payable
at the option of the Applicant, which option
the Applicant exercised as set out herein below alternatively
exercises herewith and/or
became due and payable on the fifth
anniversary of -the registration of the Paardekraal Participation
Bond.
3.9
As at 1 July 2019, the First Respondent was indebted to the Applicant
in the amount of R3
158 109.32 together with interest thereon at the
rate of 11.63% per annum, compounded monthly, calculated from 1 July
2019 to date
of payment, both days inclusive. A certificate of
indebtedness, signed by a director of the Applicant, confirming the
aforesaid
is annexed to the particulars of claim as “FED6".
4.1
On 4 December 2013 at Sandton, the Second Respondent, acting
personally, signed an unlimited
suretyship for the debts of the First
Respondent in favour of the Applicant. The written suretyship is
annexed to the particulars
of claim as “FED7".
4.2
The salient terms of the suretyship were the following:
4.2.1 The
Second Respondent, under renunciation of the benefits of the legal
exceptions ordinis seu excussionis et divisionis, de duobus vel
pluribis reis debendi
, revision of accounts, no value received,
errore calculi, non numeratae pecuniae
and cession of action
with the full force and effect whereof the Second Respondent
acknowledged to be fully acquainted, bound himself,
jointly and
severally, as surety for and co-principal debtor in solidum with the
First Respondent to the Applicant for the payment
on demand of all
sums of money and/or for the due and punctual performance of all
obligations ‘howsoever arising which the
First Respondent may
then or from time to time thereafter owe or be indebted to the
Applicant from whatsoever cause arising, in
excess of the amounts
referred to in the suretyship, together with any interest and/or any
other charges or costs (including attorney
and client costs) which
the First Respondent may be or become liable for from time to time to
pay to the Applicant or perform and
whether such undertakings or
obligations being incurred by the First Respondent solely or jointly
or in partnership with any person
or persons, company or companies;
4.2.2 Without
prejudice to anything herein before contained, the suretyship shall
apply to and cover the Applicant in
respect of claims which the
Applicant may have acquired or in the future may acquire against the
Respondent, from any party whomsoever
or whatsoever;
4.2.3 A
certificate under the signature of the Applicant (the appointment or
qualification or authority of such person
signing on behalf of the
Applicant need not be proved) as to the amount owing by the First
Respondent to the Applicant, and that
the date for the payment of
such amount and/or discharge of the First Respondent's obligations
and/or payment by the Respondents
or discharge of the Respondent's
obligation hereunder has arrived shall be -
4.2.3.1
binding on the Respondents and prima facie proof of the
amount of
debtedness under the suretyship; and
4.2.3.2
valid and enforceable as a liquid document against the
Respondents
for purposes of obtaining provisional sentence or summary judgment,
5.
In the premise, as at 1 July 2019, the First and Second Respondents
are, jointly
and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved,
indebted to the Applicant as follows:
5.1
In the amount of R3 183 870.26 together with interest thereon at the
rate of 11.63% per
annum, compounded monthly if same remains unpaid,
calculated from 1 July 2019 to date of payment, both days inclusive
in respect
of the First Loan Agreement and Maraisburg Participation
Bond.
5.2
In the amount of R3 158 109.32 together with interest thereon at the
rate of 11.63% per
annum, compounded monthly if same remains unpaid,
calculated from 1 July 2019 to date of payment, both days inclusive
in respect
of the Second Loan Agreement and Paardekraal Participation
Bond.
6.1
On 28 February 2019, the Applicant demanded payment of the arrear
amounts (then amounting
to R262 941.00 and R260 760.49 respectively)
from the First Respondent. The Applicant's demand is annexed as
“FED9".
6.2
On 12 July 2019, the Applicant again demanded payment of the arrear
amounts (then amounting
to R654 837.74 and R626 204.08 respectively)
from the First Respondent. The Applicant's second demand is annexed
as “"FED10".
6.
3 The First Respondent failed to make payment to the Applicant within
7 days
as demanded and the Applicant exercised its option to claim
the full outstanding balance of both loan accounts. Despite demand,
the Respondents fail and/or refuse to make payment to the Applicant.
ISSUES
FOR DETERMINATION
[3]
Whether the Respondents have a bona fide defence.
[4]
Whether there are triable and mitigating issues raised by the
Respondents.
Legal
Principles
[5]
In terms of Rule 32(2) (b) the Applicant has to identify a point in
law and facts
relied upon which its claim is based. The Applicant has
the onus to prove why the defence pleaded does not raise any issues
for
trial. It is not enough to merely state that the Respondents do
not have a
bona fide
defence. To the contrary the Respondents
have to prove that they at the very least have a defence and state
the material facts
upon which their defence is based. This then
enables the court to decide as to whether they have a bona fide
defence or not.
[6]
The onus rests with the plaintiff to show that the defendant does not
have a defence
on the merits of the case. See
Breitenbach v
Fiat SA (Edms) BPK
1976 (2) SA 226
T at 227F.
[7]
The contentious issue for determination is whether the Respondents
has raised a
bona fide
defences. The Applicant submitted that
the Respondents have not alleged any facts in their plea and the
balance of the denials
amounts to a bare denial. The Respondents have
not succeeded in disclosing triable issues and therefore issues
raised do not constitute
bona fide
defences.
[8]
It is the submission of the Applicant that the Respondents have
admitted the following:
8.1
the provisions of the National Credit Act does not find application;
8.2
The fact that the loan agreement and suretyship were entered into and
the participation
bonds registered;
8.3
The terms of the various agreements and participation bonds; and
8.4
The loan amount as set out in the first loan agreement was advanced;
[9]
The Respondent have not plead any version and simply deny the amounts
claimed are
due and do not satisfy the requirements of a
bona fide
defence. Further the Respondents deny that the Applicant complied
with all of its obligations, however in terms of the first loan
agreement all conditions had to be fulfilled prior to the
registration of Maraisburg Participation bond which the Respondents
have admitted has been registered. The Respondents also do not allege
which manner, if any, the Applicant did not comply with its
obligations in terms of the first loan agreement and Maraisburg
Participation Bond. In any event any such alleged breach did not
result in the Respondents cancelling the agreement. Therefore, even
if such right accrued the Respondents elected not to cancel
the
agreements or issue summons.
[10]
The Respondents made no allegation which would establish the
exception
non
adempleti contractus
.
That the Respondents admit the agreement but do not allege that the
First Respondent made payment. The period exceeding the loan
has
passed and the First Respondent is therefore in default. The
Applicant referred to case of Senekal v Trust Bank of Africa LTD
[1]
that there are no facts preventing the contents of the certificates
from becoming sufficient proof and the bare denial of the Respondents
does not disturb the certificate of balance which in any event the
Respondents admitted to in their plea. The Respondents have
not
denied that there were demands for payment but do not state why the
no payments were made. That although the Respondents deny
the
properties were registered in the name of the First Respondent, this
is contradictory to the admissions made in terms of the
participation
bonds. Therefore, there is no allegation made, that if proven could
constitute a valid defence.
[11]
The Respondents resisted the application for summary judgement as
follows:
11.1
The terms of the various agreements and participation bonds;
11.2
That the loan amount as set out in the first loan agreement was
advanced;
11.3
The Applicant’s is fatally defective as the Chief Financial
Officer had no personal knowledge
of the transactions between the
Applicant and Respondents;
11.4
That the Commissioner of Oaths address is the same as that of the
Applicant and is therefore not properly
commissioned and is
defective;
11.5
The Applicant debited the First Respondent’s account for
exorbitant monthly premiums for cover
of R24 million on the property
despite the objections on the valuation of the property by the
Respondents. This led to the First
Respondent being in arrears and
paying penalty interests which were being capitalized and compounded.
All requests for reconciliation
of the accounts were ignored;
11.6
The Respondents has the property evaluated by API Property Group who
valued the property at R11 252 179;
11.7
No notice of the increase of the interest rate from 9.85% to 11.63%
was given to the First Respondent;
11.8
Until such time as a reconciliation is done by an actuary it is not
possible to establish the amount
owing to the Applicant and therefore
the First Respondent is not liable to pay the amounts claimed by the
Applicant.
11.9
The Respondents therefore have a
bona fide
defence to the
Applicant’s claim and accordingly the application for summary
judgment should be dismissed.
[12]
The Respondent contends that it has
bona fide
defences and has
raised triable issues entitling it to leave to defend Applicant’s
claim.
[13]
Summary judgment is an extraordinary, stringent and drastic remedy,
it calls for strict compliance
with the prerequisites as provided for
in Rule 32 (2) (b). See
Gull Steel (Pty) Ltd v Rack Hire BOP
(Pty) Ltd
1998 (1) SA 679
(O) at 683 H.
[14]
In
Maharaj v Barclays Ltd
1976 (1) SA 418
(A) Maharaj v
Barclays Ltd
1976 (1) SA 418
(A) Maharaj v Barclays Ltd
1976 (1) SA
418
(A)
the courts are vested with an unfettered
discretion which has to be exercised judicially when considering
summary judgment applications.
Summary judgment will be granted in
the event where the plaintiff has made out an unanswerable case
against the defendant who simply
wants to unnecessarily delay the
plaintiff’s case. In
Maharaj
supra
,
the court held that in deciding whether or not to grant summary
judgment, the principle is that the court has to look at the matter
and all the documents that are properly before it.
[15]
The Respondents have taken issue with the calculation of the interest
rate at which the Applicant
has calculated the amount owing amongst
and the amount owing in itself until an actuary has done a
reconciliation.
[16]
The Applicant’s cause of action which constitutes its
foundation in this application is
disputed merely on the issue of the
amount. In my view the defences raised do not provide an explanation
to the claim and the claim
therefore has not been answered by the
Respondents especially why no payments at all were made. The
Respondents raised technicalities
regarding the defectiveness of the
summary judgment application but did not deny the terms of the
agreements or that they were
entered into. In consideration what the
Curt held in
Maharaj
supra
the
Respondents have not placed any documents before this Court other
than copies of the valuation and insurance premiums that
they have
been charged. Notably the correspondence attached questions why the
property is valued at R7 000 000 when it is R9 300
000 and requested
copies of the cover from Zurich insurers. In my opinion, this does
not take the matter any further or correspond
with the Respondents
version that it was being charged insurance premiums by the Applicant
for the property at a valuation rate
of R24 000 000. There are no
documents placed before this court that speak to this. This in my
opinion also does not explain why
the payments were not made by the
Respondent in answer to the Applicant’s claim. I am not
satisfied that there is a triable
issue. I am of the view, that the
bare denial and technicalities, without any proof in relation to
documents provided before me
by the Respondents does not assert a
triable issue.
[17]
I am not satisfied that the defences raised by the Respondents to the
Applicant’s case
are
bona fide
defences which can be
sustained by the Respondent at the subsequent trial.
[18]
I therefore make the following order:
18.1
Summary judgment is granted with costs.
SARDIWALLA
J
JUDGE
OF THE HIGH COURT
Appearances:
For
the Applicant:
Adv K
M Riley
Instructed
by:
Hillary
Shaw Attorney
For
the Respondent:
Schoonees
Belling & Georgiev
[1]
1978 (3) SA at 382G to 383D see also F & I Advisors (Edms) BPK
en ‘ n Ander v Eerste Nasionale Bank van Suidelike Afrika
BPK
[1998] ZASCA 65
;
1999 (1) SA 515
(SCA) at 524H to 525C
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