World Leisure Holidays v Georges

World Leisure Holidays (Pty) Ltd v Georges is an important case in South African contract law, specifically in the area of termination. It was heard in the Witwatersrand Local Division by Cloete J, Blieden J and Malan J on 14 February, 2002, with judgment handed down on 26 February. An appeal from a decision in a magistrate's court, it is the leading case on the issue of temporary supervening impossibility of performance. The test for impossibility has been formulated in a variety of ways, but the court found that it was neither necessary nor desirable to lay down a concrete formula:

World Leisure Holidays v Georges

World Leisure Holidays (Pty) Ltd v Georges is an important case in South African contract law, specifically in the area of termination. It was heard in the Witwatersrand Local Division by Cloete J, Blieden J and Malan J on 14 February, 2002, with judgment handed down on 26 February. An appeal from a decision in a magistrate's court, it is the leading case on the issue of temporary supervening impossibility of performance. The test for impossibility has been formulated in a variety of ways, but the court found that it was neither necessary nor desirable to lay down a concrete formula: