LPL4802
ASSI
GNMENT1
DUE:
18/
03/
2024
QUESTI
ON1:
1(a)InTransnetLt
dvSec habaPhotoscan(
Pty)Lt
d(2005)(1)SA299SCA,t
heCourt
expressedtheviewthat
:“itisnowbeyondquesti
onthatdamagesindel
i
ct(andc
ontr
act
)ar
e
assessedaccordi
ngtothec omparat
ivemethod“@ [15]
Wri
teanessaywhereyoudisc
usstheval
idi
tyandorrel
evanc
eoft
hisstatementwit
hregar
d
t
otheasses
s mentofdamage/si
ntheSouthAfri
canl
awofdamagesjur
isprudenc
e.
I
nyourdi
scus
sion,c
onsi
derthesum f
ormul
aapproachandtheconcret
econc
eptofdamage.
NB.Donoti
ncludepos
iti
veandnegati
vei
nter
ess
ei nyourdi
scus
sion.
Youshoul
dstudyChapter4ofthepr
esc
ribedtext
book,Ass
ess
mentofPat
ri
moni
all
ossand
thec
orres
pondingl
essonsbef
oreatt
emptingt
hisquest
ion.
Thel
engt
hofyouressaymus
tnotexc
eed7pr
int
edpages–exc
ludi
ngt
hec
overpage,r
ubr
ic
andt
hebibl
i
ography.
Thedeter minationofdamagesi nSout hAf r
icanLaw,whet herar i
si
ngfrom delict(tor t
)or
contr
act,hashi stori
c al
lyreli
edones t
abl i
shedl egalpr i
nc i
plesandt heapplic
at i
onof
comparat i
vemet hodsbyt hejudici
ary.IntheTr ans netLt dvSec habaPhot oscanc as e,the
Court'
sas sert
iont hat" damagesi ndelict(andc ont ract)ar eas s
essedaccordingt ot he
comparat i
vemet hod"r efl
ectstheent r
enc hednat ureoft hispracti
ceinthelegals ystem.
However ,thec onvent i
onalsum- formulaappr oach,i nfluenc edbyGer manjuristMomms en,
hasfaceds crutinywhenc ompar edtot hemor et angi blec onceptofdamage.Thi sdis cussion
wil
lexami netheval idityandper ti
nenc eoft hec ompar ativemet hodintheas sessmentof
damagesi nSout hAf ri
canjuris
prudenc e,juxtapos ingi twi t
ht hesum- f
ormulaandt he
concret
ec onc eptofdamage.
TheSum-
For
mul
aAppr
oac
h
Tr
adi
ti
onal
ly,Sout
hAfr
icanl
awhasembr ac
edt hesum-f
ormul
aappr
oach,deri
vedfr
om
Mommsen,wheredamageiscons
truedasthenegati
vedi
spar
it
ybet
weent heact
ualcur
rent
ASSI
GNMENT1
DUE:
18/
03/
2024
QUESTI
ON1:
1(a)InTransnetLt
dvSec habaPhotoscan(
Pty)Lt
d(2005)(1)SA299SCA,t
heCourt
expressedtheviewthat
:“itisnowbeyondquesti
onthatdamagesindel
i
ct(andc
ontr
act
)ar
e
assessedaccordi
ngtothec omparat
ivemethod“@ [15]
Wri
teanessaywhereyoudisc
usstheval
idi
tyandorrel
evanc
eoft
hisstatementwit
hregar
d
t
otheasses
s mentofdamage/si
ntheSouthAfri
canl
awofdamagesjur
isprudenc
e.
I
nyourdi
scus
sion,c
onsi
derthesum f
ormul
aapproachandtheconcret
econc
eptofdamage.
NB.Donoti
ncludepos
iti
veandnegati
vei
nter
ess
ei nyourdi
scus
sion.
Youshoul
dstudyChapter4ofthepr
esc
ribedtext
book,Ass
ess
mentofPat
ri
moni
all
ossand
thec
orres
pondingl
essonsbef
oreatt
emptingt
hisquest
ion.
Thel
engt
hofyouressaymus
tnotexc
eed7pr
int
edpages–exc
ludi
ngt
hec
overpage,r
ubr
ic
andt
hebibl
i
ography.
Thedeter minationofdamagesi nSout hAf r
icanLaw,whet herar i
si
ngfrom delict(tor t
)or
contr
act,hashi stori
c al
lyreli
edones t
abl i
shedl egalpr i
nc i
plesandt heapplic
at i
onof
comparat i
vemet hodsbyt hejudici
ary.IntheTr ans netLt dvSec habaPhot oscanc as e,the
Court'
sas sert
iont hat" damagesi ndelict(andc ont ract)ar eas s
essedaccordingt ot he
comparat i
vemet hod"r efl
ectstheent r
enc hednat ureoft hispracti
ceinthelegals ystem.
However ,thec onvent i
onalsum- formulaappr oach,i nfluenc edbyGer manjuristMomms en,
hasfaceds crutinywhenc ompar edtot hemor et angi blec onceptofdamage.Thi sdis cussion
wil
lexami netheval idityandper ti
nenc eoft hec ompar ativemet hodintheas sessmentof
damagesi nSout hAf ri
canjuris
prudenc e,juxtapos ingi twi t
ht hesum- f
ormulaandt he
concret
ec onc eptofdamage.
TheSum-
For
mul
aAppr
oac
h
Tr
adi
ti
onal
ly,Sout
hAfr
icanl
awhasembr ac
edt hesum-f
ormul
aappr
oach,deri
vedfr
om
Mommsen,wheredamageiscons
truedasthenegati
vedi
spar
it
ybet
weent heact
ualcur
rent
