Archive for June, 2013

Principles of the Law of Sale and Lease

x Bookmark By Graham Bradfield and Karin Lehmann Cape Town: Juta  (2012) 3rd edition Price: R320 (incl VAT) 270 pages (soft cover) The first edition of Principles of the Law […]

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Employment law update – Union’s liability to members for negligence

x Bookmark Food and Allied Workers Union v Ngcobo NO and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 353/12, 28-3-2013) (Ponnan JA and Plasket AJA) By Moksha Naidoo This was an appeal […]

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Employment law update – Retrenchments

x Bookmark By Talita Laubscher and Monique Jefferson The employment of the two respondent employees in Super Group Supply Chain Partners v Dlamini and Another [2013] 3 BLLR 255 (LAC) […]

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The law reports – June 2013

x Bookmark David Matlala BProc (University of the North) LLB (Wits) LLM (UCT) LLM (Harvard) HDip Tax Law (Wits) is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Fort […]

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CLC Stream D: Contemporary legal topics

x Bookmark Information, secrecy and WikiLeaks By Mapula Sedutla Media freedom and access to information were discussed in a session titled ‘Information, secrecy and WikiLeaks’. Dr Barbara Lauriat, lecturer at […]

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CLC Stream C: Constitutionalism, human rights and the rule of law

x Bookmark The challenges of modern constitutions By Kim Hawkey In a session chaired by Dr Sam Amadi, the chair of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission; former South African Constitutional […]

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CLC Stream B: Legal and judicial profession

x Bookmark By Kim Hawkey Who guards the guardians? Regulation of the legal profession In a session chaired by South African attorney Max Boqwana, the chairperson of the United Kingdom […]

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Announcements

x Bookmark Mark Stephens CBE (left) was announced as the new President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Other announcements included the first recipient of the Commonwealth Rule of Law Award, […]

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CLC Stream A: Corporate and commercial law – Are special commercial courts a bad idea?

x Bookmark By Mapula Sedutla Under the topic of corporate and commercial law, a session was held to consider whether special commercial courts were a good or a bad idea. […]

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The 18th Commonwealth Law Conference

x Bookmark The 18th Commonwealth Law Conference, which took place in South Africa for the first time from 14 to 18 April, brought over 900 Chief Justices, judges, lawyers, legal […]

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