Malatji v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (2018) 39 ILJ 2684 (LAC) Often when a litigant is successful at the arbitration of their labour dispute the arbitrator may award […]
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By Deon M Pool The pursuit of power. How to get it, keep it, and use it, have been central questions of politics, business, military strategy, and human relationships for […]
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Under the recent and ongoing COVID-19 lockdown conditions many court cases have been halted only to be entertained at unknown later dates, understandably in adherence with relevant directives, which have […]
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By Nomfundo Jele The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) regularly updates its legal practitioner panel of arbitrators, mediators and experts, which is used as its primary source when the […]
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Exxaro Coal (Pty) Ltd v Chipana and Others (LAC) (unreported case no JA161/17, 27-6-2019) (Coppin JA (Murphy and Savage AJJA concurring)) In the recent judgment of Exxaro Coal (Pty) Ltd […]
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By JP Venter In mediation, parties endeavour to reach some common ground to resolve their disputes or conflict. One assumes that by getting parties together around the same table, that […]
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By Clement Marumoagae The promulgation of the Jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Amendment Act 31 of 2008 had the effect of ‘eradicating’ Divorce Courts, which were subsumed into regional magistrate’s […]
Read moreBy Marietjie Botes Mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution received renewed attention with the court-annexed mediation rules being piloted at various magistrates’ courts around South Africa and already […]
Read moreBy Benjamin Charles van der Berg 1 December 2014 marked the advent of court-annexed mediation in magistrates’ courts. The magistrates’ courts involved in this pilot project are seated at Johannesburg, […]
Read moreBy Izette Knoetze The future of the courts is greatly dependent on technology and how technology can improve their functioning. According to Jeff Aresty (‘State Courts and the Transformation to […]
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