Le Roux v Dey
South African legal case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le Roux and Others v Dey is a 2011 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in the South African law of delict. It was the court's first decision on alleged defamation by a minor. A majority of the court upheld the award of monetary damages to a high school vice-principal who had been defamed by three of his pupils through the publication of a digitally manipulated photo.
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Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
Full case name | Le Roux and Others v Dey |
Decided | 8 March 2011 (2011-03-08) |
Docket nos. | CCT 45/10 |
Citation(s) | [2011] ZACC 4; 2011 (3) SA 274 (CC); 2011 (6) BCLR 577 (CC) |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | Supreme Court of Appeal – Le Roux and Others v Dey [2010] ZASCA 41 High Court of South Africa, North Gauteng – Dey v Le Roux en Andere (21377/06) (28 October 2008, unreported) |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Ngcobo CJ, Moseneke DCJ, Cameron J, Froneman J, Khampepe J, Mogoeng J, Nkabinde J, Skweyiya J, Yacoob J and Brand AJ |
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Decision by | Brand AJ (Ngcobo, Moseneke, Khampepe, Mogoeng and Nkabinde concurring) |
Concur/dissent | Froneman and Cameron JJ |
Dissent | Yacoob J (Skweyiya concurring) |
Dissent | Skweyiya J |
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