Monday, 11 July 2016

Law of Delict B

Dear students,

Our lecture today refers:

Below is a list of cases that I need you to read before we meet on Friday.



National Media Ltd v Bogoshi 1998 (4) SA 1196 (SCA)
   Khumalo v Holomisa 2002 (5) SA 401 (CC)
Midi Television (Pty) Ltd v Director of Public Prosecutions (Western Cape) (100/06) [2007] 3 All SA 318 (SCA)
   Mthembi-Mahanyele v Mail & Guardian 2004 (6) SA 329 (SCA)

 


ACTIO INIURIARUM

 

1.    INTRODUCTION

 

2.    Infringement of bodily integrity

a.     Infringement’s of one’s corpus

 

3.    Infringements of Dignity, Privacy and Identity

 

                                                               i.      Introduction

                                                             ii.      Insult

                                                            iii.      Privacy

                                                          iv.      Identity

 

4.    Infringements of reputation

 

Introduction

Who can sue for defamation

 

4.1      Elements for defamation

·         Publication

·         Defamatory Matter

·         Reference to Plaintiff

The Presumptions

Wrongfulness

Animus Iniuriandi

 

 

4.2      Defences associated with Infringements of personality interests

 

General principles

·         Truth for public benefit

·         Fair Comment

·         Privileged Association

·         Defence of Reasonable Publication

 

 

5.    7. SPECIAL FORMS OF LIABILLITY

 

6.    Strict Liability

 

Introduction

   Why Strict liability?

 

a.   Liability for harm caused by animals

·         The actio de pastu for harm caused by grazing animals

·         The actio de effuses vel deiectis and the actio positis vel suspensis

·         Statutory instances of strict liability

 

b.   Vicarious Liability

 

Introduction

·         General rule and Justification for Vicarious Liability

·         Who qualifies as an employee?

·         An employment or akin-to-employment relationship must exist

·         employee of two employers

·         Independent contractors

·         The delict must be committed by the employee while acting within the course and scope of employment.

Prescribed Textbook

Loubser, M and Midgley, R (eds) The Law of Delict in South Africa 2nd ed (2012)

 

8 RECOMMENDED TEXTs

Neethling et al Law of Delict 6TH ed (2010)

Van der Walt and Midgley Principles of Delict 3RD ed (2005).

Neethling et al Neethling’s Law of Personality 2ND ed (2005        

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