Techniques in trial and litigation
TLI4801
Assignment 01 2024
Semester 2
4.1 Assignment 01 – Semester 2
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment answer
(questions 1 (a) – (e) 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 a recently admitted legal practitioner practising as an advocate in terms of the
Legal Practice Act, 2014. On the afternoon of 26 June 2024 at around 7am in Bryanston,
Johannesburg, Mr M is on his way back home from a run when he got hit by Mr. Deen
Ros, driving a 4/x4 Bakkie motor vehicle with registration number DR 482 RR GP. The
collision occurred on the side of the road a few metres from the house owned and
registered in the name of Mrs M, the wife of Mr M. and this is after Mr. Ros had lost control
of the motor vehicle which also resulted in him colliding with a boundary wall of the house
owned by Mrs M. Mr M suffered a broken leg because of the collision and now seeks to
institute a claim for damages against Mr. Dee Ros, including medical costs in the amount
of R130 000,00. The costs to repair the damage to the wall was quoted to Mrs M as
amounting to R68 000,00 and she seeks to institute legal action for these damages as
well.Mr M and Mrs M now approach you for advice following a referral from a mutual friend
and Mr M’s instructions are for you to institute legal action against Mr. Deen Ros for his
negligent driving that resulted in the personal injury damages he has suffered, and Mrs
M seeks to sue for the costs to repair the damages to the boundary wall of her property.
TLI4801
Assignment 01 2024
Semester 2
4.1 Assignment 01 – Semester 2
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment answer
(questions 1 (a) – (e) 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 a recently admitted legal practitioner practising as an advocate in terms of the
Legal Practice Act, 2014. On the afternoon of 26 June 2024 at around 7am in Bryanston,
Johannesburg, Mr M is on his way back home from a run when he got hit by Mr. Deen
Ros, driving a 4/x4 Bakkie motor vehicle with registration number DR 482 RR GP. The
collision occurred on the side of the road a few metres from the house owned and
registered in the name of Mrs M, the wife of Mr M. and this is after Mr. Ros had lost control
of the motor vehicle which also resulted in him colliding with a boundary wall of the house
owned by Mrs M. Mr M suffered a broken leg because of the collision and now seeks to
institute a claim for damages against Mr. Dee Ros, including medical costs in the amount
of R130 000,00. The costs to repair the damage to the wall was quoted to Mrs M as
amounting to R68 000,00 and she seeks to institute legal action for these damages as
well.Mr M and Mrs M now approach you for advice following a referral from a mutual friend
and Mr M’s instructions are for you to institute legal action against Mr. Deen Ros for his
negligent driving that resulted in the personal injury damages he has suffered, and Mrs
M seeks to sue for the costs to repair the damages to the boundary wall of her property.
