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Mar 19, 2024
Family: High Court revokes fraudulent divorce
A woman (67) who was not aware that she was fraudulently divorced from her estranged husband, who tried to evict her from her home, had...
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Mar 13, 2024
Family: Judge denies wife 'interim meal ticket'
Interim maintenance pending a divorce was not created to give an interim meal ticket to an applicant who quite clearly at the divorce...
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Mar 11, 2024
Property: Hidden house defects prove costly for seller
Selling a house with defects such as dampness in the walls – without disclosing it and covering it up with paint and filler – can have...
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Feb 29, 2024
Deciphering Divorce: A Rule 43 Ruling on Maintenance and Legal Costs
The recent ruling in the case of M Q v V S (0221062023) 2024 ZAGPJHC 188, delivered on 23 February 2024, sheds light on the intricate...
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Feb 27, 2024
Family: Husband cannot escape spousal maintenance – ruling
A husband has been ordered by Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) Acting Judge Shaida Mohamed to pay his estranged wife R18 000 for spousal...
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Feb 22, 2024
Workplace: Load shedding 'joke' costs worker his job
A recent case before the CCMA – National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa obo Mahlangeni v Ford Motor Company SA (Pty) Ltd (2023) 32...
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Feb 20, 2024
Family: Judge takes 'middle road' in Rule 43 application
In Rule 43 applications, there are often many more versions a court has to consider; especially regarding children. A Pretoria News...
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Feb 15, 2024
Litigation: Judge rules for illegal occupiers of city building
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) rejected an application for the eviction of illegal occupants in two formerly commercial buildings...
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Feb 13, 2024
Family: Domestic violence order confirmed against brother
A brother who appealed against a final domestic violence interdict granted against him in favour of his sister, appealed against the...
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Feb 7, 2024
Family: 'Dishonest' dad tried to mislead court – ruling
A Pretoria father who wanted to emigrate with his son (12) to Canada without discussing it with his ex-wife, had his application...
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Feb 6, 2024
Litigation: ‘Reckless’ spending costs husband share of wife’s pension
A husband who had ‘recklessly’ spent money from the joint estate belonging to him and his wife, whom he is now divorcing, will forfeit...
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Feb 2, 2024
Litigation: Sisters in dispute over ailing mother's inheritance
Accusations have arisen in Cape Town where two attorneys are alleged to have mishandled their elderly and ailing mother's finances....
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Nov 27, 2023
Family: 'Vexatious' ex-wife, lawyers feel judge's wrath
A mother embroiled in several post-divorce battles with her ex-husband over their two children has been declared a vexatious litigant,...
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Nov 17, 2023
Application for discharge or substitution of maintenance order
In a recent High Court matter between Bothma v Bothma (July 2023), JSB and LDB got divorced, and their settlement agreement, endorsed by...
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Nov 9, 2023
Litigation: Court ends diplomats' duty-free booze trading
The Constitutional Court recently made a ruling that puts an end to diplomats enjoying duty-free alcohol and tobacco in South Africa. The...
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Nov 1, 2023
CONTEMPT OF COURT
In the recent case of PTT v ST [2023] ZAGPPHC, the applicant brought an application to declare the respondent to be in contempt of court....
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Oct 4, 2023
Litigation: Husband's 'pure donation' must stand – ruling
An elderly and sickly husband learned the hard way when he wanted to revoke the ‘donation’ of his half of the matrimonial home to his now...
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Aug 31, 2023
Court dismisses woman who sought R56,000 maintenance from ex-boyfriend after nine years of dating
In a recent court judgement, in the case of E.W v V.H (12272/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 58, a woman's bid to get R56 000 in spousal maintenance...
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Aug 23, 2023
Family: Woman’s life partner argument falls short
A woman’s application for a declaration that her now-deceased partner was a life partner – which would mean she could benefit from his...
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Aug 17, 2023
Litigation: Dad who hasn't paid university fees fights on
A father and his daughter have lost two urgent High Court applications to force Wits University to allow her to graduate with a teaching...
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