Law

Western Cape Education Department liable for damages for rape of learner

The learner was sexually assaulted by the school principal when she was 12

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Law | 18 March 2022

New code on vaccination in the workplace

A code of practice will replace the current Covid directions when the National State of Disaster lapses

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Law | 18 March 2022

Labour Court dismisses challenge to Covid vaccination policy

Case provides clarity on when a company vaccination policy will be lawful

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Law | 15 March 2022

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