Helipad Investments (Private) Limited v The Provincial Mining Director N.O and The Minister of Mines and Mining Development N.O

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the non-joinder of Four Ways Venture is fatal to the proceedings","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Four Ways Venture holds mining certificate that applicant seeks to cancel"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has real and direct interest in the matter","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicant's Special Grant expired before hearing"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the respondents have a statutory duty to cancel the impugned mining licence","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Section 50 of Mines and Minerals Act gives discretion to cancel"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has satisfied the requirements of a mandamus","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant must show clear right, injury, and no alternative remedy"}

Background