1. Paixão And Another v Road Accident Fund 2012 (6) SA 377 (SCA)
2. The court of the first instance was at the South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg and the judge was Mathopo J.
3. Paixao and Another v Road Accident Fund [2011] ZAGPJHC 68
4. The Road Accident Fund is the South Africans state insurer, which is entailed in law regulations relating to the issue of delict in accordance with the Act for damages or loss, for people in society who are involved in motor vehicle accidents.
5. Widowed, Mrs Paixao was in a permanent heterosexual relationship with Mr Gomes. Mrs Paixão and her daughter, Michelle Orlanda Santos sued The Road Accident Fund, as they acclaimed that they had endured a loss of support and maintenance due to Mr Gomes
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However the Road Accident Fund argued this claim in 3 various ways. Firstly, the fund stated that the appellants did not institute a legally enforceable agreement that the fund is liable to compensate the unmarried partner, Mrs Paixao. Even if she did enforce a legal agreement, the agreement does not take into account the third party, such as the fund. Secondly, according to Common Law, only a dependent that allocated a legally enforceable duty to maintain and support with a respective other, may sue in such an action, otherwise the dependents claim is eligible. Thirdly, the defendants appeal was described as irregular and unusual because the dependent originates her right, not through the deceased, Mr Gomes or his estate, but from the fact that she has suffered loss of maintenance and support by the death of the deceased for which the defendant is liable for her financial situation and not the fund.
11. The Supreme Court of Appeal uses two arguments in the Paixão case to get around the decision in the Volks case. The court states that it is inapplicable for the court to extend and develop the common law to simply include unmarried heterosexual relationships. The first argument is for practical reasons as it is inadequate for the Road Accident Fund to disprove the appellant’s dependence on a life partnership to support the survival party if a death of a partner had to occur. Second, the extension of legal protection to
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The primary legal question facing the court is whether or not Ms Jonah and Mr White’s relationships can be classified and recognised as de-facto in accordance with the definition produced in section 4AA (1) of the Act. In order for the court to decide, it must be established if the pair’s relationships was one of a “genuine domestic basis”. The court must analyse Murphy J’s decision that the parties did not hold a “reputation” as a coupledom. Whether or not the feelings of both parties towards the grounds of their relationship was mutual is questioned. Furthermore, the appeal highlights that in accordance with the Act and precedence of Green v Green (1989) 17 NSWLR 343, it is possible for a marriage and a de-facto relationship to exist simultaneously, thus the court must address whether or not this fact is relevant to the decision.
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Virginia (1967) decision led to a shift during the era in which the Supreme Court prepared its decision. In doing so, Somerville theorizes that what is crucial about the intertwining of race and sexuality is not the analogical relation but rather the way in which the former depends on the latter for its normative values. It is evident that to some extent the juridical sphere in the Loving v. Virginia (1967) decision employs a universal sphere in the features and right of marriage for all people without restrictions of race, while on the other hand it is at the same time stigmatizing the features of homosexuality as an uncertain, poorly legitimatized foundation for the exclusion of those who are share this same sex love in the state, suggests that miscegenation analogies promote the omission of this heterosexualizing of race as well as the racial construction of homosexual practices that Loving v. Virginia in turn helped move
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The aim of Australia’s family law while responding the ever changing values of society, is to achieve justice in any activity it undertakes. The success of this is valued and determined by whether any significant action has been taken as a result, and what the effects of such actions are on improving the situations of all parties involved. The effectiveness of family law on changing values cannot be determined when regarded as a whole. However, when broken down into certain values, such as in the topic of best interest of the child during separation and the issue of surrogacy, it can be seen that Australia’s family laws are not effective in levelling with the community’s changing values.
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In October 2008, resulting from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) report; Same-sex: Same Entitlements, a suite of major law reforms passed federal parliament. This included the Family Law Amendment (De facto Financial Matters and Other Matters) Act (Cth), which recognised relationships that exist outside the traditional heteronormative concept of marriage. Prior to these reforms, there were several different definitions of ‘partner’, ‘couple’,
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It can be concluded that Mr. Prendergast was acting negligently whilst driving his car, above the national speed limit, as confirmed by his insurers. Therefore Contributory Negligence is the basic issue to be consulted with the insurers who are claiming that Steven’s claim ought to be ‘substantially reduced’ due to the negligence on his behalf.
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is a juristic person instituted by Parliament as a statute in South Africa, which acts as a national, compulsory vehicle insurer. The main function of the Road Accident Fund is to provide appropriate insurance cover to all road users both South African and foreign visitors, and for rehabilitating and compensating persons injured or killed as an outcome of motor vehicle accidents. You are insured against injury suffered at the hands of another negligent driver. (Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1996, section 2)