Law
Police minister ordered to pay R400,000 after unlawful arrest and detention
Johannes Claassens was locked up in filthy cells for three days on trumped-up charges
Law | 17 August 2022
Daily Maverick wins defamation case
Columnist Modibe Modiba ordered to pay R100,000, remove comments and apologise
Law | 15 August 2022
Judge slams bank and its lawyers for shoddy work
The bank took a “cut and paste” approach against a home owner
Law | 8 August 2022
Only South Africans and permanent residents may be lawyers, Concourt rules
Foreign law graduates who have lived, studied and completed articles and pupillage in South Africa do not qualify
Law | 2 August 2022
Court orders public apologies to Chinese community
Posts on Facebook found to be hate speech
Law | 1 August 2022
New court challenge to decision to scrap Zimbabwean permits
The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation seeks to defend the rights of Zimbabweans living in South Africa
Law | 28 July 2022
A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children on divorce, court rules
Children should not have to make the claim for themselves, says Supreme Court of Appeal
Law | 21 July 2022
Employee who took leave in line with Zulu tradition didn’t cheat, says court
Labour Court found the man had not intended to be dishonest when he went twice to his “mother’s” funeral
Law | 21 July 2022
High Court rebukes City of Cape Town for Covid evictions
City wrongly applied the remedy of “counter spoliation” to demolish shacks, judges rule
Law | 19 July 2022