Professor Tjakie Naude

Bio

Tjakie Naude is a Professor of Private Law. Her main fields of interest are the Law of Contract, including Specific Contracts, Consumer Protection and Comparative Law.

She received her BA and LLB degrees cum laude from the University of Stellenbosch, and was awarded the Hofmeyr van der Merwe medal for the graduating LLB student who performed the best in the degree programme. After qualifying as an attorney and working for a Lloyd's syndicate in Edinburgh, Scotland, she returned to Stellenbosch as a Lecturer.

Tjakie completed her doctorate on rights of first refusal (preference agreements) under the supervision of Professor Gerhard Lubbe. Part of the research for her doctorate was conducted at the Chair of Professor Reinhard Zimmermann in Regensburg, Germany, during 2001. From February to November 2006, she was a visiting fellow at the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law, where she undertook comparative research on unfair contract terms legislation and on standard contract terms more generally. She also undertook comparative research on the incorporation of standard terms into contracts at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg during 2006.

Her submission to Parliament on the need for an orange list of contract terms that are presumed to be unfair under the general unfairness clause in the then Consumer Protection Bill led to regulation 44 of the Consumer Protection Act Regulations of 2011. This meant that prominent prior cases on unfair contract terms such as Afrox Healthcare Bpk v Strydom 2002 (6) SA 21 (SCA) and Barkhuizen v Napier 2007 (5) SA 323 (CC), would have been decided differently had they been decided after the promulgation of regulation 44 (in the meantime financial services have been removed from the ambit of the Act).  

She joined UCT in January 2009. Together with Prof Hans Micklitz, she organised a conference on Consumer Law in Anglophone Africa in 2017. Papers presented at this conference have been published in a special issue of the 2018 Journal of Consumer Policy. She is a co-editor of the looseleaf Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act, published by Juta. Her work has been cited by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the National Consumer Tribunal and High Courts, amongst others.

Expertise/ Research Interests

Law of Contract, including Specific Contracts, Consumer Protection and Comparative Law.

Teaching

Tjakie teaches the Law of Contract as well as Sale, Lease and Consumer Protection.

Publications

  • Tjakie Naude ‘Liability of Professional Sellers for Pre-Contractual Statements under South African Law – A Need for Clarity and Reform’ in Nils Jansen and Sonia Meier (eds) Iurium itinera – Reinhard Zimmermann zum 70. Geburtstag am 10. Oktober 2022 (Mohr Siebeck, 2022) 513-536 

  • Tjakie Naude ‘African perspective’ in Geraint Howells, Hans-W Micklitz, Mateja Durovic, André Janssen (eds) Consumer Protection in Asia (Bloomsbury, 2022) 501-514

  • Tjakie Naude and Danie Visser (eds) The Future of the Law of Contract – Essays in Honour of Dale Hutchison (2021 Acta Juridica)

  • Tjakie Naude ‘The incorporation of standard terms into contracts: is it sufficient that the terms are “available on request”’ (2021) 138 South African Law Journal 748-760

  • Tjakie Naude “Fragmentation Versus Convergence of Consumer Law Within One Legal System and Across Legal Systems: An African Perspective” (2020) 43 Journal of Consumer Policy 11-33 (viewable for free at https://rdcu.be/b18JQ; DOI 10.1007/s10603-019-09429-w).

  • COVID-19 Consumer Law Research Group ‘Consumer Law and Policy Relating to Change of Circumstances Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2020) 43(3) Journal of Consumer Policy 437-450 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-020-09463-z)

  • Hanri Mostert & Tjakie Naude ‘State protection of energy consumers: Between human rights and private sector regulation’ in Iñigo del Guayo et al (eds) Energy Justice and Energy Law (OUP, 2020) 139-159.

  • Tjakie Naude and Elizabeth De Stadler "'Innovative Orders' under the South African Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008" PELJ (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal) 2019 (22) 1-32, available at https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per/article/view/5108.

  • Hans W Micklitz, Geraint Howells, Claudia Lima Marques and Tjakie Naude ‘Dissemination of Consumer Law and Policy in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia’ (2018) 41 Journal of Consumer Policy 303-307 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-018-9395-y) (Introduction to the special issue of this journal on Dissemination of Consumer Law and Policy in Africa).

  • Tjakie Naude and Jacolien Barnard ‘Enforcement and Effectiveness of Consumer Law in South Africa’ in Hans-W Micklitz and Genevieve Saumier (eds) Enforcement and Effectiveness of Consumer Law (Springer, 2018) 565-590 (DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-78432-1).

  • Tjakie Naude “Towards augmenting the list of prohibited contract terms in the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008’ (2017) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg / Journal of South African Law 138-148.

  • Tjakie Naude “The principle of reciprocity in continuous contracts like lease: what is and should be the role of the exceptio non adimpleti contractus (defence of the unfulfilled contract)” (2016) 27 Stellenbosch Law Review 323-353.

  • Tjakie Naude & Sieg Eiselen (eds) Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act (Revision Service 1, 2016).

  • Tjakie Naude  'The civil law consequences of corruption under South African law' in Michael Joachim Bonell and Olaf Mayer (eds) The impact of corruption on international commercial contracts (2015).

  • Tjakie Naude  and Charlotte Koep 'Factors relevant to the assessment of the unfairness or unreasonableness of contract terms: some guidance from the German law on standard contract terms’ (2015) 26 Stellenbosch Law Review 85-109.

  • Tjakie Naude  'Formation II: Arts 2.1.19-2.1.22 - Standard Terms' in Stefan Vogenauer (ed) Commentary on the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC) 2 ed (2015) 380-414.

  • Tjakie Naude and Sieg Eiselen (eds) Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act (Original Service, 2014) (co-authored the Introduction and wrote the chapter on the Impact of the CPA on the Law of Contract, as well as the following sections: 'Section 44', 'Introduction to ss 48 to 52', 'Section 48', 'Section 49', 'Section 50', 'Section 51', 'Section 52', 'Regulation 44' (at pp Introduction-1, Contract-1, 44-1, 48-1, 48-13, 49-1, 50-1, 51-1, reg 44-1 respectively).

  • Tjakie Naude and Elizabeth de Stadler The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 in Johan Scott and Steve Cornelius (eds) The Law of Commerce in South Africa 2nd ed (2014) 397-438.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The typology of breach of contract: JC de Wet's contribution in comparative perspective' in Jacques du Plessis & Gerhard Lubbe (eds) A man of Principle: the Life and Legacy of JC de Wet (2013) 270-301.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The protection of low-income consumers under the South African Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008' (2012) 1 Zeitschrift für Europäisches Unternehmens- und Verbraucherrecht / Journal of European Market and Consumer Law 243-253.

  • Tjakie Naude  'The South African Consumer Protection Act' 2012-2 Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & handelspraktijken 64-71.

  • Tjakie Naude 'Termination of Obligations' in Dale Hutchison & Chris Pretorius (eds) The Law of Contract in South Africa (Oxford University Press 2012) 375-394.

  • Tjakie Naude & Elizabeth de Stadler The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 in Dale Hutchison & Chris Pretorius (eds) The Law of Contract in South Africa (Oxford University Press 2012) 431-462.

  • Tjakie Naude 'Pre-emption agreements and the myth of the "trigger event" as any manifestation of a decision to sell: a response to Deeksha Bhana' (2011) 74 Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Regsgeleerdheid / Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 87.

  • Tjakie Naude ‘The consumer's right to safe, good quality goods and the implied warranty of quality under Sections 55 and 56 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008’ 23 (2011) SA Mercantile Law Journal 336-351.

  • Tjakie Naude ‘Enforcement procedures in respect of the consumer’s right to fair, reasonable and just terms under the new Consumer Protection Act in comparative perspective’ 127 (2010) South African Law Journal 515-547.

  • Tjakie Naude Tenietgaan van Verbintenisse in Dale Hutchison & Chris Pretorius (reds) Kontraktereg in Suid-Afrika (2010) 391-408.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The consumer's right to fair, reasonable and just terms under the new Consumer Protection Act in comparative perspective; 126 (2009) South African Law Journal 505-536.

  • Tjakie Naude Termination of Obligations in Dale Hutchison & Chris Pretorius (eds) The Law of Contract in South Africa (2009) 373-389.

  • Tjakie Naude Formation II: Arts 2.1.19-2.1.22 - Standard Terms in Stefan Vogenauer & Jan Kleinheisterkamp (eds) Commentary on the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC) (2009) 314-347.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The Law of Lease' 2007 Annual Survey of South African Law (published in 2009) 871-875.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The Law of Purchase and Sale' 2007 Annual Survey of South African Law (published in 2009) 1039-1054.

  • Tjakie Naude 'Law of Purchase and Sale' 2006 Annual Survey of South African Law (published in 2009) 239-267.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The use of black and grey lists in unfair contract terms legislation in comparative perspective' 124 (2007) South African Law Journal 128-164.

  • GF Lubbe & T Naude 'Law of Purchase and Sale' 2005 Annual Survey of South African Law 253-267 (published in 2007).

  • Tjakie Naude 'Unfair contract terms legislation: the implications of why we need it for its formulation and application' 17 (2006) Stellenbosch Law Review 361-385.

  • Tjakie Naude Termination for Breach of Contract in Hector MacQueen & Reinhard Zimmermann (eds) European Contract Law: Scots and South African Perspectives (2006) 280-306.

  • Tjakie Naude 'Which transactions trigger a right of first refusal or preferential right to contract' 123 (2006) South African Law Journal 461-496.

  • GF Lubbe & T Naude  'Law of Purchase and Sale' 2004 Annual Survey of South African Law 232-253 (published in 2006).

  • Tjakie Naude & Gerhard Lubbe 'Exemption clauses — a rethink occasioned by Afrox Healthcare Bpk v Strydom 2002 (6) SA 21 (SCA)' 122 (2005) South African Law Journal 441-463.

  • GF Lubbe & T Naude 'Law of Purchase and Sale' 2003 Annual Survey of South African Law 249-265 (published in 2005).

  • Tjakie Naude & Stefanus Snyman 'Occupational health and safety for computer users' 11(4) (2005) Occupational Health Southern Africa 6-10.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The rights and remedies of the holder of a right of first refusal or preferential right to contract' 121 (2004) SALJ 636-658.

  • Tjakie Naude 'Rights of first refusal or preferential rights to contract: a historical perspective on a controversial legal figure' 15 (2004) Stellenbosch Law Review 66-90.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The relationship between the different types of terms implied into contracts (Part 2)' 25 (2004) Obiter 34-40.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The preconditions for recognition of a specific type or sub-type of contract - the essentialia-naturalia approach and the typological method' 2003 Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg (Journal of South African Law) 411-431.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The function and determinants of the residual rules of contract law' 120 (2003) South African Law Journal 820-840.

  • Tjakie Naude 'The relationship between the different types of terms implied into contracts (Part 1)' 24 (2003) Obiter 283-298.

  • Tjakie Naude  'Specific performance against an employee: Santos Professional Football Club (Pty) Ltd v Igesund' 120 (2003) South African Law Journal 269-282.

  • Tjakie Naude Caney's The Law of Suretyship in South Africa' 14 (2003) Stell LR 150-151 (book review).

  • Tjakie Naude & Gerhard Lubbe ‘Cancellation for "Material" or "Fundamental" Breach: A Comparative Analysis of South African Law, the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts' 12 (2001) Stellenbosch Law Review 371-398.

Copies of these articles and chapters are available on request from Prof Naude.