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Importantly, it is prudent to remember that it is always necessary to exhaust existing remedies offered by a local authority before approaching a court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAWCHC\/2021\/93.html\">The Judgment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stbb_plu13-2021_s1.pdf\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van der Merwe and Others v Drenched Boxing (Pty) Ltd and Others (19222\/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 93 (5 May 2021) We have often before reported here on judgments that dealt with the levels of nuisance that property owners should reasonably bear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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