Litigation: Assaulted teacher wins right to sue department
A court ruling has paved the way for a teacher to sue the Mpumalanga Department of Education for R8m for loss of earnings and damages...
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Jul 21, 2022
Labour: New workplace vax ruling goes the other way
A recent ruling by the CCMA has found a workplace mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy to be unlawful, ordering that an employee’s...
Jul 19, 2022
Litigation: Battle of the wives too confusing for court
A former Limpopo traffic officer who died more than 10 years ago left ‘his wives’ in a difficult position as he apparently took his...
Jul 14, 2022
Weekly article from IR Network Daily Update
Practice and procedure Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union and others v Oak Valley Estates (Pty) Ltd and...
Jul 13, 2022
Litigation: Inappropriate treatment led to finger amputation – ruling
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Harshila Kooverjie has ruled in favour of a woman whose wedding ring finger was amputated after it...
Jul 8, 2022
Litigation: Destitute evictees still await judgment after16 months
Sixteen months since Acting Judge Bernard Martin reserved judgment in the matter over emergency housing for many destitute families...
Jul 7, 2022
Litigation: Top court rubber stamps recognition of Muslim marriages
The Constitutional Court this week confirmed a SCA ruling, which legally recognizes Muslim marriages, and declares certain sections of...
Jul 6, 2022
General: Parents approval needed for publication of matric results
The Information Regulator says unless the Department of Basic Education gets parental consent, they will not be able to publish matric...
Jul 1, 2022
Weekly article from IR Network Daily Update
Practice and procedure/Substantive fairness in dismissal Case: Western Cape Education Department v Baatjes and others - (2022)31 LAC...
Jun 30, 2022
When can a writ of execution be issued for arrear maintenance?
A writ is an order issued by a court requiring that something be done or giving authority to do a specified act. On the other hand,...
Jun 29, 2022
General: Right-to-die activist urges law change
The time has come to change the law, right-to-die activist Professor Sean Davison said on the steps of the Western Cape High Court, which...
Jun 28, 2022
Litigation: Early foetus remains confirmed as medical waste
Parents who suffered spontaneous pregnancy loss before the foetus reached the 26-week pregnancy mark, will still not have the right to...
Jun 24, 2022
Weekly article from IR Network Daily Update:
Applications to stay the enforcement of default arbitration awards Applications to stay the enforcement of default arbitration awards are...
Jun 22, 2022
Divorced father’s duty to support adult children
A divorced father who stopped certain payments towards his two children (both over 18 years of age) was ordered to pay his ex-wife R166...
Jun 21, 2022
Medico-legal: Cerebral palsy claim fails 'constitutional issue' test
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a Johannesburg mother's application against the Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC, in...
Jun 17, 2022
Legislation: Attach pensions of 'delinquent dads' – SALRC
The SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC) has recommended that the Maintenance Act be amended to allow for attachment of a portion of pension...
Jun 15, 2022
Weekly article from IR Network Daily Update: Grievance/(Residual) - Unfair labour practice
CASE: South African Chemical Workers' Union / Mylan Pharmaceuticals - (2022)31 CCMA 6.12.3 Subject matter classification:...
Jun 14, 2022
Practice: Lawyers frustrated by delays in registering trusts
Lawyers who are attempting to register special trusts for minors and incapacitated beneficiaries of medical negligence and Road Accident...
Jun 10, 2022
Procedural fairness in dismissal
From IR Network Daily Update; Saner v Department of Health - Gauteng - (2022) 31 PHSDSBC 7.1,7 also reported at [2022] 4 BALR 341...
Jun 9, 2022
Criminal: Lawyer links Kelly Khumalo to Meyiwa killing
There were two dramatic developments in separate matters involving the lawyer acting for the accused in the high-profile Senzo Meyiwa...
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