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
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...
Feb 22
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...
Feb 20
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...
Feb 15
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...
Feb 13
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...
Feb 7
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...
Feb 6
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...
Feb 2
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Aug 11, 2023
Litigation: Finally, law clinic gets class action go-ahead
The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application for leave to appeal in a high-profile fraud case, making it possible for the...
Aug 10, 2023
Criminal: Killer cannot benefit from wife's murder – ruling
In what the Cape Times report describes as a 'landmark judgment' – where a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his...
Aug 1, 2023
Appointing a Curator for the purposes of protecting the mentally incapacitated
According to the Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965, a curator is defined as, “any person who is authorized to act under letters of...
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