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Benson v SA Mutual Life

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The court determined that the granting of an order of specific performance is entirely a matter of the discretion of the court. Apart from the rule that such discretion is to be exercised judicially upon all the relevant facts, no rules should be prescribed to regulate that discretion, as such rules
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regulating courts' discretion to order specific performance are predicated upon that remedy's availability by way of equitable relief only; they are inappropriate to
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would inevitably curtail the court's discretion and negate or erode the plaintiff's right to select his remedy.
107: 29: 28:, particularly in the area of claims for specific performance. It was heard in the Appellate Division, by 171: 111: 52: 175: 218: 98:. Edited by Dale Hutchison, Chris-James Pretorius, Mark Townsend and Helena Janisch. 103: 37: 163: 48: 40:
and Cillié AJA, on 7 November 1985, with judgment handed down on 29 November.
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