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Aug 2, 2022
Rule 43 Interim Maintenance Application
What is a Rule 43 Application? A Rule 43 Application provides for the following, which can be used to obtain an order from the relevant...
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Jul 28, 2022
Weekly article from IR Network Daily Update
Substantive fairness in dismissal Ali / Rain (Pty) Ltd - (2022)31 CCMA 8.37.23 also reported at [2022] 7 BALR 698 (CCMA) Subject matter...
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Jul 27, 2022
Practice: Ruling seen as step closer to free education
A Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela) ruling favoring a law graduate who was denied admission as an advocate for five years has been...
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Jul 26, 2022
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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