TLI4801
Assignment 1
Semester 1 (2023) Solutions
UNIQUE CODE:640340
Due date: 16 March 2023
Questions overview:
4.1 Assignment 01 – Semester 1
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment answer
(questions
1 (a) – (d)) must not exceed 15 pages. Note: You may make up your own
facts to supplement the given facts without detracting from the core issues.
1. You are the best litigation attorney in town! On the morning of 30 June 2022 a
dismallooking Ms Complexion Perfection, a former Miss South Africa, is in need of legal
advice and she consults you. She informs you that her aggressive boyfriend, Mr Botox
Bill, has assaulted her at their residence the night before, leaving her with unsightly
facial scars and medical expenses of R35 000. Due to the facial scars, Ms Complexion
Perfection is unable to continue her modelling career and wants to institute a claim
against Mr Botox Bill. You are eager to assist and therefore conducts an interview with
Ms Complexion Perfection.
Answer the following questions.
(a) Critically discuss the purpose and objectives of your interview and the aim of
exchanging pleasantries with Ms Complexion Perfection during the interview. (10)
Source: Refer to Chapter 1 of the prescribed textbook.
(b) Discuss the type of summons Ms Complexion Perfection will use to institute her
claim or action. (4)
(c) Discuss the term “facta probanda” and draft that section of the pleading
(referred to in (b) above) that sets out Ms Complexion Perfection’s “facta
probanda” only. (10)
Assignment 1
Semester 1 (2023) Solutions
UNIQUE CODE:640340
Due date: 16 March 2023
Questions overview:
4.1 Assignment 01 – Semester 1
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment answer
(questions
1 (a) – (d)) must not exceed 15 pages. Note: You may make up your own
facts to supplement the given facts without detracting from the core issues.
1. You are the best litigation attorney in town! On the morning of 30 June 2022 a
dismallooking Ms Complexion Perfection, a former Miss South Africa, is in need of legal
advice and she consults you. She informs you that her aggressive boyfriend, Mr Botox
Bill, has assaulted her at their residence the night before, leaving her with unsightly
facial scars and medical expenses of R35 000. Due to the facial scars, Ms Complexion
Perfection is unable to continue her modelling career and wants to institute a claim
against Mr Botox Bill. You are eager to assist and therefore conducts an interview with
Ms Complexion Perfection.
Answer the following questions.
(a) Critically discuss the purpose and objectives of your interview and the aim of
exchanging pleasantries with Ms Complexion Perfection during the interview. (10)
Source: Refer to Chapter 1 of the prescribed textbook.
(b) Discuss the type of summons Ms Complexion Perfection will use to institute her
claim or action. (4)
(c) Discuss the term “facta probanda” and draft that section of the pleading
(referred to in (b) above) that sets out Ms Complexion Perfection’s “facta
probanda” only. (10)
