There have been some significant developments in class actions in South Africa since the publication of World Class Actions this past August. South African contributor Neil Kirby of Werksmans send an update, summarizing in detail the class certification requirements outlined by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal in a seminal cartel (antitrust) case titled Children’s Resource Centre Trust vs Pioneer Food Proprietary Limited (50/2012) [2012] ZASCA 182 (29 November 2012). Click here for Kirby’s excellent summary of the decision.
Recent Developments in South African Class Action Litigation
February 4, 2013 by Paul Karlsgodt
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