CITY SEEKS DAMAGES
Cape Town pursues three firms for stadium collusion
High Court order for companies to make submissions paves the way for the city to begin seeking to recoup damages
The City of Cape Town is pressing ahead with civil claims against three construction companies for collusion on the tender for the design and construction of Cape Town Stadium. The city expects its legal battle in pursuit of R500m to continue after the "first stumbling block" was cleared at the end of March. Mayor Patricia de Lille said on Friday the High Court in Pretoria had also ordered companies to make submissions in coming weeks. This paves the way for the city to begin seeking to recoup damages. "They [the companies] really have nothing to gain in trying to delay this," said De Lille. At the end of March the High Court in Pretoria found in favour of the city, when it denied an application from one of three construction companies — Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO). The company had asked the court to ensure that admissions made by other construction companies in settlement agreements could not be used against it, as the city pursues its claims. The principal legal adviser to De...
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