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Hogsett v Buys     2

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
Purpose of rule 4 is to provide for a mechanism by which relative certainty can be obtained that service has been effected upon a defendant If certain minimum standards are complied with as set out in the rule, then the assumption is made that the service was sufficient to reach the defendant's attention and his failure to take steps is not due to the fact that he does not have knowledge of the summons The converse is not true — namely that if service is not effected as required by the rule, the service is not effective — in that the purpose for which service is required was fulfilled, namely the defendant came to know of the summons The rules, as was pointed out by Roux J in United Reflective Converters (Pty) Ltd v Levine, 1	988 SA 460		South Africa	10 May 2016	LexisNexis		2
Mayne v Main (182/99)	[2001] ZASCA 35; [2001] 3 All SA 157	Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa	South Africa	23 Mar 2001	SAFLII		1