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Monetary limit on jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in eviction cases
The Miya v Matleko-Seifert 2023 (1) SA 208 (GJ) case dealt with an appeal against a magistrates’ court eviction order to the High Court....
May 9, 2023


Customary marriage – validity of marriage (De Rebus)
The court in Segone v Minister of Home Affairs and Others [2022] JOL 54179 (GJ) was called on to decide whether the purported customary...
Apr 18, 2023


Divorce - Accrual (De Rebus)
In the case of DM v CM 2022 (6) SA 255 (GJ) the GJ (per Strydom J) dealt with whether an accrual was payable by the defendant to the...
Apr 6, 2023


Divorce – R43 application (De Rebus)
Against the backdrop of acrimonious divorce proceedings, the court had to decide on an R43 application brought by the applicant in HSH v...
Apr 5, 2023


The General Principles for Challenging a Will
Clients approaching their attorneys with the challenge that a will is invalid is not uncommon. Such a challenge may arise from formal...
Mar 31, 2023


Employment: Judge dismisses restraint of trade claim
A top KZN private school has hauled its ‘neighboring’ competitor to court after the headmaster of one resigned and later took up a...
Feb 14, 2023


Litigation: Faux meat labelling issue returns to court
The meat industry and vegan food companies will be back in court in May as they seek legal clarification on whether plant-based foods...
Feb 9, 2023


Judiciary: High Court switch would devastate Makhanda
More than 5 000 jobs would be shed in Makhanda, unemployment would skyrocket, and the already vulnerable local economy would be...
Feb 7, 2023


Family: Court sides with mother's move with her child
A Durban mother has been granted permission to relocate to Cape Town with her two-year-old daughter despite opposition from the child’s...
Feb 2, 2023


Where do agreements between spouses that are contrary to the ANC stand?
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) recently set out that separate agreements from an antenuptial contract (ANC) or prenup are valid and...
Jan 31, 2023


Litigation: Husband ordered to fork out for ‘escort’ wife
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered a husband to continue paying maintenance of R36 000 a month to his estranged wife,...
Jan 25, 2023


Litigation: Mother, Medihelp battle over payment for son's treatment
Gauteng mother Michaney de Wet made a last-minute dash to the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) late in December to compel the family’s...
Jan 24, 2023


Litigation: Court heard 'voice of the child', says judge
A South African-born child to start school in Croatia after her father won a legal battle against his estranged wife, notes a report in...
Jan 20, 2023


Family: Marriage relationship not like a business, says judge
A man who argued that his ex-wife was not entitled to benefits from their marriage in community of property because she had an affair and...
Jan 19, 2023


Litigation: Woman's bid to sue McDonald's falls flat
A Gauteng woman, who slipped and fell at a McDonald's at the Wingtip Crossing Shopping Centre in Montana, Pretoria, has lost a bid to...
Dec 13, 2022


Delict: R1.5m damages for passenger pushed off train
A man who worked as a packer is due to receive about R1.5m in damages after he suffered injuries when he was accidentally pushed out of a...
Dec 8, 2022


Family: Wife fails to stop ex sharing pension pot
A wife has lost her legal bid not to share half of her pension benefits with her ex-husband, who she said saw her as a ‘cash cow’. She...
Dec 6, 2022


Litigation: Customary marriage confusion costs widow family home
Noeliot Menziwa has lost her bid in the Western Cape High Court to reverse the sale of her house, which she says her late husband sold...
Nov 25, 2022


Labour: Working beyond agreed retirement age 'not a waiver'
What are the legal consequences of an employee continuing to work after the employee has reached the agreed-upon retirement age? Does a...
Nov 22, 2022


Best interests of the child - criminalization of the use and/ or possession of cannabis by a child
In a recent case of Centre for Child Law v Director of Public Prosecutions, Johannesburg, and Others [2022] ZACC 35, the Constitutional...
Nov 10, 2022
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