Uwe Von Ahn v Alice Dzvangah N.O. and Nancy Kadandara and Master of the High Court N.O. and The Registrar of Deeds N.O.

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the court should grant a declaratory order that all assets acquired during marriage form part of a joint estate governed by German law","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"All facts regarding asset acquisition and registration"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has sufficiently proved the position of German law on community of property","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Evidence provided (Annextures Q, R, R1)"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the application was premature","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Stage of estate administration"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether there was conflict of interests justifying recusal of applicant's legal practitioners","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Previous contact between deceased and lawyer's firm"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the marriage was one of convenience","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Duration and nature of marriage"}

Background