Practice area

Employment law update – Benefit of the doubt

South African Post Office Ltd v CCMA and Two Others (LC) (unreported case no C293/2011, 18-6-12) (Steenkamp J) By Moksha Naidoo Amid conflicting decisions regarding the subject matter in this […]

Read more

Employment law update – Change in shift pattern

By Talita Laubscher The applicant in Apollo Tyres South Africa (Pty) Ltd v National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and Others [2012] 6 BLLR 544 (LC) sought to change […]

Read more

Have you done your best?

‘Best endeavours’ clauses in contracts Jet2.com Limited v Blackpool Airport Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 417 By Dairmuid Short and Adine Abro Blame it on human nature, a fear of being […]

Read more

Paying a small claims court judgment debt in instalments

By Fareed Moosa In First Rand Bank Ltd v Maleke and Three Similar Cases 2010 (1) SA 143 (GSJ) the court commented, with reference to s 73 of the Magistrates’ […]

Read more

Testators should be careful what they wish for

By Edrick Roux It was Sun Tzu who said: ‘[A] wise general in his deliberations must consider both favourable and unfavourable factors. By taking into account the favourable factors, he […]

Read more

Q & A with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela – Part two

Last month De Rebus published the first part of a question and answer feature with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela by news editor Nomfundo Manyathi (2012 (Aug) DR 28). Ms Manyathi […]

Read more

Legal burden on athletes who test positive

By David van Niekerk While the average South African may not be aware of the intricacies of all laws in South Africa, when queried about the intricate sporting tactics of […]

Read more

Levelling the playing field

Attorneys’ fees for court appearances By Kim Hawkey The Right of Appearance in Courts Act 62 of 1995 conferred on attorneys the right of appearance in the Constitutional Court and […]

Read more

Right of attorneys to appear in court: What rights have been extended?

By Vuyo Mkwibiso The Right of Appearance in Courts Act 62 of 1995 (the Act) was enacted inter alia to regulate and extend the right of attorneys to appear in […]

Read more

Distortion of the law

A comment on the SCA judgment in FirstRand Bank Ltd v National Lotteries Board 2008 (4) SA 548 (SCA) By Joe Louw During March 2008 the Supreme Court of Appeal […]

Read more
X
De Rebus