On application for leave to appeal from the Supreme Court of Appeal (hearing an appeal from the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division, Cape Town)
Synopsis:
Servitude — whether praedial or personal — approach to interpretation of servitude — whether servitude compliant with principles of property law
Praedial servitude — requirements of perpetuity and utility — whether utility satisfied by recreational use
Personal servitude — whether servitude constituting personal servitude of usus
Section 66 of Deed Registries Act 47 of 1937 — prohibiting registration of certain personal servitudes extending beyond the lifetime of the holder
Common law of servitudes — whether same should be developed or modernised by way of new statutory regime
Servitude — exercise required to be civiliter modo or reasonable
