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Litigation: Council tests state plan to seize vegan products
The Consumer Goods Council of SA (CGCSA) – which counts Pick n Pay, Shoprite and Spar among its 9 000 members – has launched an urgent...
Aug 24, 2022


Litigation: Battle over low-cost medical scheme options
The medical schemes industry has taken its regulator to court for stalling cheaper, simpler benefit packages designed for low-income...
Aug 23, 2022


Labour: Employee who defied 'no high heels' rule wins case
The Labour Court (Johannesburg) has ordered that Litshani Mofokeng – dismissed five years ago after expressing dissatisfaction about the...
Aug 18, 2022


Major change for maintenance and divorce in South Africa
In a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgement, Z v Z (556/2021) [2022] ZASCA 113 (21 July 2022) case, the appellant (the mother)...
Aug 12, 2022


Litigation: Customary union ruled valid in wives' dispute
The weight which customary marriages carry was once again illustrated during a legal wrangle by two widows. A Cape Times report says both...
Aug 10, 2022


Litigation: Breakthrough in R60bn class action against banks
An attempt by the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to suppress disclosure of a key piece of evidence showing how banks were repossessing...
Aug 5, 2022


Litigation: SMSs from ex-wife not 'domestic violence' – ruling
A husband has failed to persuade the SCA that his former wife's strongly worded SMSs amount to harassment, notes Legalbrief. He lost his...
Aug 3, 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...
Aug 2, 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...
Jul 28, 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...
Jul 27, 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...
Jul 26, 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 21, 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 19, 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 14, 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 13, 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 8, 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 7, 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 6, 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...
Jul 1, 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 30, 2022
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