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dc.contributor.authorFick, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-20T10:20:10Z
dc.date.available2016-05-20T10:20:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationFick, S. & Van der Merwe, P. 2015. RAF v Sweatman (162/2014) [2015] ZASCA 22 (20 March 2015) A simple illustration of the SCA's statutory misinterpretation of section 17(4)(c) of the road accident fund act 56 of 1998. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 18(7):2804-2828 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/17376
dc.description.abstractIn Road Accident Fund v Sweatman (162/2014) [2015] ZASCA 22 (20 March 2015) (hereafter Sweatman) the Supreme Court of Appeal was faced with the interpretation of section 17(4)(c) of the Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1998 (the "cap provision"). The purpose of this note is to assess the court's interpretation of the "cap provision" to determine whether this interpretation is sound. This is achieved by explaining the purpose of the Road Accident Fund and the Amendment Act. Thereafter the general method of calculating loss of income is explored, together with the different interpretations of the "cap provision" and the application thereof. The abovementioned decision of the SCA on the most appropriate interpretation is then critically analysed. It is argued that the court, in Sweatman, misunderstood the implication of its decision and was therefore incapable of interpreting the provision correctly. The effect is that one of the primary purposes of the Amendment Act is circumvented.en_US
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dc.subjectRoad Accident Funden_US
dc.subjectInterpretation of statutesen_US
dc.subjectQuantification of damagesen_US
dc.subjectExpert witnessesen_US
dc.titleRAF v Sweatman (162/2014) [2015] ZASCA 22 (20 March 2015) A simple illustration of the SCA's statutory misinterpretation of section 17(4)(c) of the road accident fund act 56 of 1998en_US
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