Mwangi Githahu mwangi.githahu@inl.co.za THE owner of a well-known Mouille Point restaurant, the Butcher Shop and Grill, has instructed his lawyers to apply for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal or a full bench of the Western Cape High Court to reverse a recent order to pay over R2 million in back rent.
The owner of the business, businessman Alan Pick, had withheld the money from the landlord, citing the effects of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions between August 2020 and June this year. Pick’s restaurant, Butcher Shop and Grill is the tenant, while his company Apoldo Trade (Pty) Ltd, is the the sub-tenant of the premises situated at 125 Beach Road, Mouille Point, owned by the Bymyam Trust which is the landlord.
In her judgment, Judge Mas-Udah Pangarker said…