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The High Court dealt with an application for summary judgment arising from an arrangement under which the defendants received rental paid by tenants into the first defendant’s bank account. The court found that the arrangement was not a loan, but an agency style arrangement for receiving, administering and investing the plaintiff’s rental monies, and granted summary judgment with an order for accounting and payment of interest.
This may be relevant to disputes about the characterisation of rental collections and associated accounting arrangements.
Evidence from source
The plaintiff applies for summary judgment arising from an arrangement under which the defendants received rental paid by tenants occupying the plaintiff’s immovable property in Pretoria on the plaintiff’s behalf.
Supports: Summary of the dispute and application for summary judgment.
I accordingly find that the defence raised by the defendants was and is neither bona fide in the sense required by Rule 32 nor good in law. The plaintiff has established his entitlement to summary judgment in respect of the liquidated balan
Supports: Summary of the court’s finding and order for summary judgment.
the plaintiff demanded payment of the deposit, rentals and accrued interest. Since the agreement afforded the defendants 30 days within which to comply with a call for payment, mora did not arise merely upon the making of that demand. It ar