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AI summary
The High Court in Johannesburg dealt with an opposed application for summary judgment arising from alleged arrears in rent and related charges under a written lease. The judgment says there was a genuine dispute about whether the parties were bound by a written lease or by an oral or tacit lease, and also notes disputes about the quantification of the claim and a counterclaim.
This appears to concern a commercial lease dispute and an application for summary judgment.
Evidence from source
This is an opposed application for summary judgment arising from alleged arrears in rent and related charges, said to be due in terms of a written lease agreement
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the principal issue between the parties is whether the contractual relationship is governed by the written lease relied upon by the plaintiffs or by the oral, alternatively tacit, lease claimed by the defendants
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There are, in addition, related disputes concerning the quantification of the claim, including the basis for certain utility and related charges, and the legal effect, if any, of the alleged lock-out and the counterclaim said to arise from
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