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Property: Resident succeeds in garage door dispute
A resident of a Johannesburg housing estate was so determined to keep his mirror-finish garage door that he dragged his homeowners'...
May 31, 2024


Delict: R7m damages for child with burn injuries
The Limpopo Education Department will have to pay nearly R7m in damages to the mother of a five-year-old child who suffered such severe...
May 21, 2024


A Cautionary Tale in Legal Proceedings
In the recent case of M.N v A.L.N (094387-23) 2024 ZAGPPHC 402 (22 April 2024), the court looked at a Rule 43 application initiated by...
May 16, 2024


Judiciary: Late judgments still slowing delivery of justice
Some 236 judgments have been outstanding for at least six months in courts across the country. A GroundUp report says this is according...
May 15, 2024


Litigation: Husband thwarts wife over right to legal counsel
A Cape Town woman's successful bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the...
May 14, 2024


Family: Judge picks out magistrate in 'toxic' divorce action
A pre-divorce maintenance fight between a magistrate and his police captain wife reached such toxic levels that a Western Cape High Court...
May 13, 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...
Mar 19, 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...
Mar 13, 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...
Mar 11, 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...
Feb 29, 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...
Feb 27, 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...
Feb 22, 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...
Feb 20, 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...
Feb 15, 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...
Feb 13, 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...
Feb 7, 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...
Feb 6, 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....
Feb 2, 2024


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 27, 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 17, 2023
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