Law

Ombud lambasts Legal Practice Council

The council and its disciplinary committee not only failed to act in the public interest but also contributed to injustice, says Judge Siraj Desai

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Law | 17 October 2024

Understanding the High Court ruling on rape and consent

Minister of Justice opposed the case to have “defence of subjective consent to rape” scrapped

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Law | 14 October 2024

Court bid to decriminalise sex work

The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”

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Law | 10 October 2024

Blind SA says Ramaphosa is shirking his constitutional obligations

Legal action taken to compel the President to sign the Copyright Amendment Bill into law

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Law | 10 October 2024

Complaint against Mail & Guardian by the Patriotic Alliance dismissed

But the report that is the subject of the complaint and the deputy ombud’s ruling leave unanswered questions

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Law | 27 September 2024

Minister of Police must pay damages to teacher for unlawful arrest

The teacher was arrested for domestic violence and held in custody for a weekend

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Law | 27 September 2024

Press Ombudsman orders TimesLIVE to give correct account of facts

Complaint lodged by GroundUp partially upheld

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Law | 25 September 2024

Court sets aside conviction in dagga case

The magistrate had relied on a section of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act that was declared unconstitutional almost 30 years ago

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Law | 19 September 2024

Durban police brutality case postponed yet again

The trial of 17 police officers for the death of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has been postponed repeatedly for years now

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Law | 11 September 2024