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OSTRICH \u201cATTACKS\u201d VISITOR ON PROPERTY: WHO IS LIABLE?<\/h2>\n

Van der Westhuizen v Burger (204\/2017) [2017] ZASCA 178 (1 December 2017)<\/h3>\n

Does a property owner become liable for injuries sustained by a visitor who ran from an ostrich on the property which he thought was attacking him? Yes, this is entirely possible, but the facts of the incident must support a finding both of causation and liability, as the present matter illustrates.<\/p>\n

The Judgment<\/span><\/a>
\nSummary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

STBB’s STSMA REFERENCE GUIDE<\/h2>\n

In this, the forty-sixth set of notes for your STSMA Reference Guide, Prescribed Management Rule 25 is discussed.<\/p>\n

Prescribed Management Rule 25<\/span><\/a>
\n(N.B. Print in landscape)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OSTRICH \u201cATTACKS\u201d VISITOR ON PROPERTY: WHO IS LIABLE? Van der Westhuizen v Burger (204\/2017) [2017] ZASCA 178 (1 December 2017) Does a property owner become liable for injuries sustained by a visitor who ran from an ostrich on the property<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3154,"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":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProperty Law Update | Issue 03 - 2018 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 03 – 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-08T14:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-11T14:15:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":107,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/drew-beamer-692664-unsplash-1_banner.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Property Law Update\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-03-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 03 - 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