Van till Outdoor (Pty) Ltd and Another v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (2024/032964) [2025] ZAGPJHC 774 (8 August 2025)
REPORTABILITY SCORE: 82/100 Declaratory relief — Impoundment of property — Applicants sought declaratory and interdictory relief against the City of Johannesburg for unlawful impoundment of advertising equipment — Applicants eng...
Summary
Declaratory relief — Impoundment of property — Applicants sought declaratory and interdictory relief against the City of Johannesburg for unlawful impoundment of advertising equipment — Applicants engaged in outdoor advertising without necessary approvals from the City — JMPD impounded property under the Advertising By-laws, which do not provide for impoundment as an enforcement mechanism — Court found that the impoundment was unlawful and infringed the applicants' rights to conduct business wit...