Law

Court battle over whether you have to pay to protest

Right2Know versus City of Johannesburg case will be heard next week

By

Law | 22 April 2022

Embarrassing court defeat for PRASA

Judge rules that agency defamed Pearl Munthali

By

Law | 20 April 2022

Court sets out new guidelines for surrogacy agreements

Existing children of a woman who agrees to act as a surrogate must be psychologically assessed, judge says

By

Law | 20 April 2022

Thirteen years after a disabled child spent a night in a filthy cell, court slashes damages payout

Court reduces Minister of Safety and Security’s damages payout by R20,000 and orders each party to pay its own costs

By

Law | 19 April 2022

Court stops municipality evicting single mother whose child has special needs

It would not be “just and equitable” to evict her, says magistrate

By

Law | 6 April 2022

Constitutional Court finds Minister liable for sloppy police work

Minister of Police must pay damages to woman who was held hostage and repeatedly raped over a 15-hour period

By

Law | 5 April 2022

Telkom has frozen an employee’s pension. Here’s why a judge has allowed it

The company is suing a man it accuses of having sold information to a competitor

By

Law | 5 April 2022

Eviction orders not in line with Constitution, says legal organisation

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute says that Johannesburg’s Central Magistrate’s Court is often not applying the relevant laws

By

Law | 25 March 2022

High Court rules woman had the right to call out her rapist

Judge overturns “gag” order

By

Law | 25 March 2022

Lotteries boss tries again to get court to declare Minister’s probe unlawful

Thabang Mampane asks Supreme Court of Appeal to overturn High Court ruling on Ebrahim Patel’s power to investigate

By

Law | 22 March 2022

Rape accused set free pending DNA tests, goes on to rape and murder a child

Judge flags tragic consequences of DNA test backlog

By

Law | 22 March 2022

Court stops R4.5-billion River Club development, including new Amazon headquarters

Judge Patricia Goliath says that there has not been meaningful engagement by the developers

By

Law | 20 March 2022

Western Cape Education Department liable for damages for rape of learner

The learner was sexually assaulted by the school principal when she was 12

By

Law | 18 March 2022

New code on vaccination in the workplace

A code of practice will replace the current Covid directions when the National State of Disaster lapses

By

Law | 18 March 2022

Labour Court dismisses challenge to Covid vaccination policy

Case provides clarity on when a company vaccination policy will be lawful

By

Law | 15 March 2022