Articles for Geoffrey Allsop
Concourt limits interdicts against strikers
An employer cannot interdict striking workers as a group if some of those on strike commit violence
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
Law | 28 February 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
Law | 1 February 2022
Undocumented man applying for refugee status can remain in SA, Concourt rules
Court ruled that a delay in applying for refugee status does not affect a person’s right to apply for recognition as a refugee
Law | 14 January 2022
Court dismisses farmer’s claim to privacy over baboon killing
Right to privacy must be balanced with right to freedom of expression, Appeal Court judges say
Law | 12 January 2022
Concourt gives man go-ahead to file late road accident claim
Koos Jacobs was unable to lodge his claim within the prescribed three years due to mental incapacity from his injuries
Law | 19 November 2021
Magistrate courts in disarray because of broken IT system
Numerous cases postponed, judgments cannot be enforced, bail hearings delayed. Master’s offices are also affected.
News | 20 October 2021
Declaring a State of Emergency explained
Some people have been calling for a State of Emergency to be declared because of civil unrest in the country
Law | 15 July 2021
New Land Court Bill seeks to address slow processing of land claims
The bill would establish two new courts: a Land Court and Land Court of Appeal
Law | 12 July 2021