The Combined Service Organizations Trust v Mitzi Carruthers (In her capacity as the executrix dative and sole beneficiary of the estate of the late Martha Elizabeth Van Der Linde) & Anor

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant's appeal should be reinstated after being deemed abandoned for failure to file heads of argument on time","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appeal deemed abandoned under r 53(1) for late filing; application for reinstatement under r 70(2)"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the obligation to pay arose at contract conclusion or upon admission of liability in June 2021","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Contract concluded August 2014; liability admitted June 2021; currency conversion laws effective February 2019"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the debt was subject to currency conversion laws given the timing of when the obligation crystallized","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Section 22(1) of Finance (No. 2) Act 7 of 2019 effective 22 February 2019; admission of liability on 7 June 2021"}

Background