03/02/2020
In a recent in the matter of MSM obo KBM v The MEC for Health (Gauteng Provincial Government) (“the MEC”) handed down by the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in Johannesburg, the presiding Judge developed the common law to permit compensation in kind in relation to a claim for future treatment, but only in relation to appropriate matters with similar facts as that which were before the Court.
Court awards compensation in kind in lieu of a monetary award for future medical expenses. In a recent judgement in the matter of MSM obo KBM v The MEC for Health...