Family: Court stops mother taking child to Dubai
A father has won a battle to stop his ex-wife from relocating to Dubai with their daughter (11), says a report in The Star. Gauteng High...
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Jun 3, 2022
Litigation: Judge warns of dangers of one-lawyer divorce
The Eastern Cape High Court (Makhanda) has ruled against a woman’s attempt to have her divorce agreement varied or set aside to lay claim...
Jun 2, 2022
Litigation: Police to pay for jailing innocent man
The conduct of an investigating officer in a rape and abduction case will cost the taxpayer dearly. The officer did not tell the court...
Jun 1, 2022
Energy: Eskom defends municipal power outages in top court
Eskom has sought to distance itself from power supply problems in communities that experience transformer explosions and illegal...
May 31, 2022
The Recognition and Legal Status of Foreign Marriages in South Africa
The legal status of a marriage is determined by the legal regime of the country where it was solemnized or concluded. The reason for this...
May 27, 2022
Criminal: Law student’s conviction, life sentence overturned
A law student who stabbed two Pretoria police officers, claiming he thought they were criminals out to rob him, has succeeded in having...
May 27, 2022
Litigation: RAF claim after death of partner dismissed
A woman who said she was entitled to R2m from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) – because her partner whom she had intended to marry was...
May 26, 2022
Divorce ruling gives spouses a lift
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has paved the way for divorcing spouses married out of community of property and without the accrual...
May 25, 2022
Litigation: Move on maintenance defaulter's pension approved
A mother whose ex-husband owed her maintenance payments for their children was legally entitled to withdraw funds from his pension...
May 24, 2022
Litigation: Case to scrap driving licence renewals launched
AfriForum has launched a legal bid to have the five-year renewal of drivers’ licences scrapped. News24 reports that the civil rights...
May 19, 2022
What is the effect of registering your parenting plan with a family advocate?
According to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa, the Family Advocate can amend or...
May 18, 2022
General: Steenkamps get apology from Pistorius lawyer
The lawyer for disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has publicly apologized to Reeva Steenkamp’s parents after potentially defamatory...
May 17, 2022
Litigation: Foster parents win dispute with biological parents
Thanks to the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), a boy (5) in foster care will be able to go on holiday next month with his new family to a...
May 13, 2022
Litigation: State Attorney official ordered to pay back R4.5m
A former State Attorney official together with a family member and an associate have been ordered by the Special Tribunal to pay back...
May 12, 2022
Maintenance claim
The Western Cape High Court recently heard the case of RM V AM (18177/2014) (2014) ZAWCHC (3 May 2022), where a divorcee was dealt a...
May 11, 2022
Health: Solidarity questions legality of new Covid regulations
Solidarity has issued Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla with a legal letter asking him to disclose how the decision on the new Covid-19...
May 10, 2022
Criminal: Daughter turns to ConCourt over claim dad raped her
A 21-year-old woman who claims to have been manipulated by social workers and other professionals as a child to accuse her father of...
May 6, 2022
Child to stay in SA under aunt's care
A mother’s dying wish was fulfilled, following a two-year battle to have her four-and-a-half-year-old daughter live with her sister in...
May 6, 2022
Litigation: Court rules against RAF liability for suicide
The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the Road Accident Fund is not liable to cover the loss of income for the family of a...
May 5, 2022
Litigation: Magistrate wrong to turn deaf ear to attorney's plea
An attorney who received hundreds of phone calls in one week from someone and then lost his application for a protection order against...
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