The Western Cape High Court has overturned an R11.6m award for loss of earnings after a hit-and-run accident, according to a report in The Times. It agreed with the Road Accident Fund that the award should be scrapped, saying Glenn Bee (65) had not lost earnings because the company he ran with his brother had not stopped paying him his half of the profits.

He told the court that when he returned to work after the accident he was unable to play the same role because brain damage had affected his memory. In its ruling scrapping the damages award, a full Bench chaired by Judge Lister Nuku agreed with the RAF’s complaint that Bee had not lost the past and future earnings for which the original court had compensated him.

Full report in The Times (subscription needed)