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Oct 7, 2021
Defamation: Rubbishing attorney costs woman R70 000
A dispute over a R3 600 legal bill has cost a Cape Town woman R70 000 after she was found to have besmirched a lawyer’s good name, says a...
Oct 7, 2021
Equality: New legal front opens on Clicks hair ad
The Clicks website advertisement for TRESemmé Botanic, ‘the natural choice for moisturised hair’, which caused a race storm at the time,...
Oct 7, 2021
Transport: Graft hint as Minister kicks e-tolls can down road
Allegations of a corruption cover-up have greeted Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula's statement that his department did not want to...
Sep 30, 2021
Weighing up child maintenance against freedom of testation
This article analyses and considers whether South African law should be developed to recognize a grandchild’s right to claim maintenance...
Sep 30, 2021
Defamation: Generations star's son sued by angry stepfather
The son of legendary Generations actress Sophie Ndaba, Lwandle, is facing a R500 000 defamation suit instituted by his stepfather, Max...
Sep 30, 2021
Litigation: Judge picks out husband in marital dispute
A love triangle in which a man’s first wife claimed she was still married to him and asked that his marriage to his second wife be...
Sep 30, 2021
Litigation: Presenter seeking R1m from ex and her brother
Former Expresso Show presenter Katlego Maboe is demanding R1m each from his ex-girlfriend Monique Muller, her brother, Seth, Women for...
Sep 30, 2021
Tax: SARS owed millions by practitioners, too – Kieswetter
About 4 000 tax practitioners have outstanding tax returns themselves, SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter revealed at the SA Tax...
Sep 30, 2021
Constitutional: Landmark ruling for unmarried fathers
The Constitutional Court has declared section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act – which does not allow an unmarried father to...
Sep 23, 2021
Dissolution of a Customary marriage
Section 8 of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA) purports to dissolve a customary marriage in terms the Divorce...
Sep 23, 2021
Litigation: Family seeks payout for baby's death outside clinic
The family of a baby who died a day after she was born outside a clinic in Musina wants the Department of Health in Limpopo to pay for...
Sep 23, 2021
General: Pay 30% now, settle claims later, Sasria told
Insurance Claims Africa (ICA), the public loss adjuster spearheading the fight to get Covid19-related business interruption claims...
Sep 23, 2021
Litigation: Judge wants proof of jabs in crammed court
A KZN High Court (Durban) judge presiding over a R28m corruption case involving KZN ANC deputy chair Mike Mabuyakhulu has ordered that...
Sep 23, 2021
Litigation: Government asked to explain lockdown reasoning
Business lobby group Sakeliga has launched an application to gain access to information about the government’s ongoing lockdown...
Sep 16, 2021
Unfit parent – Losing parental responsibilities and rights
Parents do not always have full parental responsibilities in respect of their child. Some have full and some have specific...
Sep 16, 2021
Legislation: Now Domestic Violence Bill becomes gender-neutral
The Domestic Violence Amendment Bill has been revised to reflect gender neutrality. A report in The Citizen notes that the Bill’s...
Sep 16, 2021
Litigation: Bank rebuked for targeting client over scam loss
In a scathing judgment, Northwest High Court (Mahikeng), Judge Andre Petersen has thrown out FNB’s bid to hold an unemployed Vryburg man,...
Sep 16, 2021
Litigation: Clients pushing to halt RAF's 'unfair' directives
By placing obstacles which make it nearly impossible to lodge claims, the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is infringing on the constitutional...
Sep 16, 2021
Litigation: Attorney's liability for advocate's fees confirmed
Given that an advocate in law may not receive instructions from a lay client, it has always been the practice, if not the law, that the...
Sep 9, 2021
MAINTENANCE DEFAULTERS
The National Credit Regulator introduced an affordability guideline, which deals with the issue of arrear child maintenance. It proposed...
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