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Van der Merwe and Olivier, Die Onregmatige Daad in die
Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, 5th ed., p. 58 note 95, rightly em¬
phasize that ""die regsgevoel van die gemeenskap' opgevat
moet word as die regsgevoel van die gemeenskap se regs-
beleidmakers, soos wetgewer en regter."
While fairness and honesty are relevant cri¬
teria in deciding whether competition is unfair, they are
not the only criteria.
As pointed out in Lorimar Pro¬
ductions (ubi cit), questions of public policy may be
important in a particular case, e.g., the importance of
a free market and of competition in our economic system.
In the present case it seems that MULLINS J's
conclusion that Schultz's conduct amounted to unfair
competition was based, in part, on the application
of principles extracted from dicta in the English cases
of
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