A Road Accident Fund RAF counter application for a high court order that would have reduced the amount the fund would have to pay road accident victims for treatment of injuries and/or illnesses and to stop it issuing claimants a blank cheque has been dismissed with punitive costs.
Judge Petrus van Niekerk, in a judgment handed down in the High Court in Pretoria last week, said the applicants five RAF claimants sought a punitive order for costs against the RAF and its former CEO Collins Letsoalo.
Judge van Niekerk said he is of the view the applicants are entitled to costs on a punitive scale for a number of reasons.
