By Barbara Whittle The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) last month made further submissions on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012) to the Justice Portfolio Committee. These submissions […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle Johannesburg attorney and Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Vice-president Kathleen Matolo-Dlepu and Harrismith attorney David Bekker were elected co-chairpersons of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) at […]
Read moreBy Kevin O’Reilly In March the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development released its strategic plan for the next five years, from 2013 to 2018. The plan highlights the department’s […]
Read moreBy Kathleen Kriel Professor Ann Skelton, the director of the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria, has recently been appointed as the incumbent of the United Nations […]
Read moreBy Kathleen Kriel On 25 April the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) hosted an event honouring mentors in law firm development in Johannesburg. The event was held to celebrate […]
Read moreBy Kevin O’Reilly In April Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng gave the 2013 Annual Human Rights Lecture at the University of Stellenbosch’s law faculty. He spoke on ‘the implications of the […]
Read moreBy Kim Hawkey – editor This month’s De Rebus is dedicated to the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference (CLC), which took place in Cape Town from 14 to 18 April under […]
Read moreBy John Brand, Felicity Steadman and Christopher Todd Cape Town: Juta (2012) 1st edition Price: R 245 (incl VAT) 135 pages (soft cover) At last, a handbook for commercial mediators […]
Read moreBy Laurie Ackermann Cape Town: Juta (2012) 1st edition Price: R 595 (incl VAT) 462 pages (soft cover) In the 1950s, former African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli […]
Read moreApollo Tyres South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others (LAC) (unreported case no DA1/11, 21-2-2013) (Musi AJA) By Moksha Naidoo Can an employee who […]
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