Insulting language by a lawyer cannot be tolerated in court, says SCA

The Supreme Court of Appeal has blocked a bad tempered, disrespectful law graduate from being admitted as an attorney

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Law | 8 March 2023

Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Tafelberg matter

“At the heart of the matter is the government’s obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid” says housing activist

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Law | 20 February 2023

Silicosis class action bolstered by Appeal Court ruling

Litigation has been ongoing for ten years

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Law | 7 February 2023

Appeal Court finds Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is not unconstitutional

Although it overturned the High Court ruling, the SCA granted the same relief

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Law | 6 February 2023

Murder at Mangaung Prison: Leaked report shows ‘Facebook rapist’ was dead before a fire broke out in his cell

Leaked documents show that Thabo Bester was already dead before a fire broke out in his cell

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News | 20 January 2023

Many mysteries surround the death of ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester

SAPS says the outcome of DNA tests to determine the body’s identity can be expected “at any stage”, six months on from the fire.

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News | 8 November 2022

Wealthy Durban businessman fails to keep R5.5-million out of reach of his estranged wife

Court rules against man who transferred money to a British Virgin Islands trust during the divorce trial

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Law | 24 June 2022

Man ordered to pay over R3 million in maintenance arrears 29 years after divorce

Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that maintenance orders will only prescribe after 30 years

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Law | 1 February 2022

PRASA liable for injuries to man thrown from train

Supreme Court of Appeal delivers landmark judgment in a case involving a man attacked on a train in Stellenbosch in 2011

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Law | 10 November 2021