Law

CCMA upholds yet another “anti-vaxxer” dismissal

But commissioners awarded the worker compensation because his employer fired him on WhatsApp and without proper consultation

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Law | 14 March 2022

Court sends strong message to vexatious litigants

Man who brought eight court applications in divorce disputes rebuked by judge

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Law | 9 March 2022

Black First, Land First ordered to pay up for hate speech against whites

Court orders Lindsay Maasdorp and Zwelakhe Dubasi to pay R200,000

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Law | 7 March 2022

High Court cautions curators against “cultural imperialism”

Road accident victim was treated as incapable of managing her R2.2-million payout

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Law | 4 March 2022

Concourt limits interdicts against strikers

An employer cannot interdict striking workers as a group if some of those on strike commit violence

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Law | 3 March 2022

Court finds that Children’s Act discriminates against unmarried parents

Both partners in a relationship that conceives a child through artificial insemination should have parental rights

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Law | 28 February 2022

New law protects women against online abuse

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed laws extending protection against harm online and in social media

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Law | 22 February 2022

Concourt hears vital defamation case

Defendants want common law to be developed to prevent ‘SLAPP’ suits

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Law | 20 February 2022

High Court cautions attorneys on forced auction sales

Judge calls out shortcuts taken by lawyers to sell defaulters’ homes

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Law | 17 February 2022

Concourt hammers unlawful social grants company

Cash Paymaster Services has tried to delay handing over information on its profits

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Law | 14 February 2022

Court orders Gauteng Education Department to fix school where learner was electrocuted

Maubrey Mahudu died at Geluksdal Secondary School in 2017 when she touched a metal door frame

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Law | 8 February 2022

Judge dismisses Lottery bid to have corruption probe declared “unlawful”

Court puts pay to Lottery’s squirming to avoid scrutiny

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Law | 8 February 2022

Outdated law excluding children born out of wedlock declared unconstitutional

Office of the Family Advocate must see to best interests of all children

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Law | 7 February 2022

Chief Justice candidates: Zondo asserts his authority, independence and impartiality

Justice Zondo said he knew he would make enemies when he agreed to chair the commission into state capture

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Law | 4 February 2022

Chief Justice candidates: Dunstan Mlambo – a strong proponent of modernising the courts

Mlambo has a reputation of being a people’s person and says he would have an “open door” policy

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Law | 3 February 2022

Sex pest must be fired, Labour Appeal Court rules

Municipal employee harassed woman when she came to book her learner’s driving test and again when she came to write it

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Law | 2 February 2022