Archive 2023

New legislation – December 2023

Legislation published from 2 October – 3 November 2023 By Shanay Sewbalas and Keagan Smith   Acts Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 Amendment to part 1 of sch […]

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Employment law update – Testing positive for marijuana in the workplace

In Marasi v Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd [2023] 10 BLLR 1043 (LC), the employee was denied entry to the workplace after he was tested […]

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Employment law update – A ‘record’ breaking judgment

Van Straaten v Wehnke NO and Others (LC) (unreported case no JR1876/21, 12-9-2023) (Moshoana J). In terms of r 7A(6) of the Rules for the conduct of proceedings in the […]

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Recent articles and research – December 2023

Abbreviation Title Publisher Volume/issue BTCLQ Business Tax and Company Law Quarterly Juta (2023) 14.3 Fundamina Fundamina Juta (2023) 29.1 ITJ Insurance and Tax Journal LexisNexis (2023) 38.3 JJS Journal for […]

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Do the community service regulations go far enough or are poor people losing out?

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development published a notice on 11 August 2023 on the rendering of community service by candidate legal practitioners and legal practitioners (Legal Practice Act […]

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The need to integrate psychology literature into undergraduate law school curricula: Preparing law students for the psychological impact of legal practice

As a candidate legal practitioner, after hearing from several colleagues in the legal profession about the mental health challenges they encounter in practice, I was inspired to write this article, […]

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Advertorial: A comprehensive guide to price adjustment provisions in share purchase agreements (part 1)

This is an advertorial and has been paid for by the client.  The value of a company can change daily, and to complicate matters, there are many moveable parts regarding […]

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De Rebus Notice: E-mail update

  The De Rebus domain has been down for the past week days. If you sent an e-mail or article to De Rebus, please re-send the same to derebus@LSSA.org.za and […]

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Problems at the Master’s office

On 20 October 2023, the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appeared before the justice and parliamentary committee to voice legal practitioners’ concerns over the issues experienced at the Master’s […]

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Letters to the Editor – November 2023

P O Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make their identities and addresses known […]

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