Posts tagged as COVID-19

Chief Justice issues directives that will remain in place during the national state of disaster period

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The Office of the Chief Justice released a statement with directives from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng that will apply to the remainder of the national […]

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BLA requests six to 12 months funding for small law firms affected by the lockdown

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) said in a statement that it had noted the lockdown extension announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa to ‘flatten the curve’ […]

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Legal practitioners associations react to Brauckmann AJ’s judgment

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) and the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) have respectively commented on the judgment of Administrator of Dr JS Moroka Municipality […]

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Drafting and execution of wills should be declared an essential service says FISA

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa (FISA) has released a statement that it has made an urgent submission to the Department of Justice to consider […]

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Level 4: What does this mean for the legal profession?  

x Bookmark On 23 April President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed South Africa (SA) on the response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In his speech, President Ramaphosa noted that because the coronavirus […]

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E-learning in legal services sector

x Bookmark In an interview, Professor of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, Jonathan Klaaren, sat down with Instructional Designer at Derek Moore and Associates, Derek Moore, to discuss […]

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Interpreting contracts: Determining if COVID-19 is covered by force majeure

x Bookmark In this month’s issue, De Rebus features two articles pertaining to COVID-19 and the force majeure clause in contracts, including the interpretation thereof. COVID-19, a viral pathogen, has […]

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Court dismisses application for man to attend family funeral to curb the spread of COVID-19

x Bookmark Ex parte Van Heerden (MN) (unreported case no 1079/2020, 27-3-2020) (Roelofse AJ) The applicant approached the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Nelspruit seeking permission to travel […]

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Legal practitioners traveling with no proper permits during lockdown may face possible criminal prosecution

x Bookmark Administrator of Dr JS Moroka Municipality and Others v Kubheka (MM) (unreported case no 1170/20, 3-4-2020) (Brauckmann AJ) In the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Middelburg, […]

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Lockdown will be gradually phased out

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The ministers of the National Command Council (NCC) on COVID-19 held a media briefing on 16 April. The NCC announced some amendments to regulations that […]

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