S v Mkhize (Special Review) (KZP) (unreported case no RC552/2024; 15/2024, 23-12-2024) (Mossop J and Bezuidenhout J) The KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court set aside a sentence that was […]
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Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others (Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and Others as Amici Curiae) [2024] 1 BLLR 93 (GJ); (2024) […]
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Mbambisa and Others v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (SCA) (unreported case no 272/2023, 8-11-2024) (Schippers, Mokgohloa and Nicholls JJA and Baartman and Masipa AJJA) In the case of Mbambisa, […]
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PVZ v LVZ (GP) (unreported case no 047502/2024; 36830/2022; 064524/2023, 10-10-2024) (Haupt AJ) PVZ v LVZ explores three unopposed divorce cases in the Gauteng Division, Pretoria, where shared residency of […]
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Van Veluw Beheer BV v Maxxliving Pty Ltd and Another (GJ) (unreported case no A2023/045208, 22-5-2024) Litigants frequently find themselves debating whether disputed costs and/or fees in liquidation proceedings brought […]
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South African Legal Practice Council v Halles and Another (GP) (unreported case no 35117/2022, 5-6-2024) (Davis J, Mooki J and Matthys AJ) The intersection of mental health and legal practice […]
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By Brian Mhlongo The article by Bruce Andre Barkhuizen (Bruce Andre Barkhuizen ‘Are legal practitioners admitted in terms of the Legal Practice Act commissioners of oaths?’ 2024 (Dec) DR 20) […]
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The events underlying the dispute between the parties in Legal Practice Council v Mjila and Another (NCK) (unreported case no 1635/22, 1-3-2024) (Tlaletsi JP, Williams J and Lever J) raise […]
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Historically, South African law only recognised a civil marriage, generally perceived to be a ‘traditional Christian marriage’ as the only type of marriage worthy of legal recognition, to the total […]
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With the enactment of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA), a large number of legal practitioners have been admitted as attorneys and advocates – however, some of the […]
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