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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:04:23Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:04:23Z
dc.date.created 2005-10-20 en
dc.identifier.citation 2006 (4) SA 230 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2006 (6) BCLR 682 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2417
dc.title Van der Merwe v Road Accident Fund and Another en
dc.title.alternative CCT48/05 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT48/05 en
dc.contributor.judge Moseneke DCJ Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge Yacoob J separate judgment
dc.date.judgment 30 March 2006
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2417/Full%20judgment%20%28370%20Kb%29-6185.pdf?sequence=14&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis The Court confirmed and varied a High Court order invalidating provisions of the Matrimonial Property Act of 1984. The Court found section 18(b) to be unconstitutional in so far as it precludes spouses from claiming patrimonial damages from each other in delict. It amended the Act to allow for such damages to become the separate property of the injured spouse.
dc.concourt.casehistory Judgment concerns three matters: Application to the Constitutional Court for a confirmation of a order of constitutional invalidity made by the Cape High Court: Van der Merwe v Road Accident Fund, CPD Case 1803/02, 13 September 2005, Unreported ; Direct appeal by the Road Accident Fund, the first respondent, against the order of constitutional invalidity ; Application for joinder of the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development as party to the proceedings.


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