Law
Court orders lawyers to pay damages to the client they failed to help
Eastern Cape High Court tells law firm to pay man who lost his eyesight after being shot by police
Law | 14 September 2021
Court dismisses attempt by former Eskom CEO to “punish” woman for a tweet
Judge calls out Matshela Moses Koko for launching a SLAPP suit
Law | 8 September 2021
Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules
June Dolley-Major said on Facebook that Melvin Booysen raped her
Law | 3 September 2021
Judge scolds Ekurhuleni municipality for trying to dodge court order
Municipality has tried to back out of settlement to buy unlawfully occupied buildings
Law | 30 August 2021
Court rebukes minister for refusing to appoint white magistrate
Martin Kroukamp was recommended to be Alberton’s Senior Magistrate in 2011. A decade later he may finally be appointed
Law | 19 August 2021
Millions of rands in suspicious transactions found in accounts of Limpopo land claimants
Court upholds decision to withdraw state funding for Moletele Community Property Association
Law | 18 August 2021
Limpopo education department is in breach of order to get rid of school pit latrines, court hears
State’s plan is unconstitutional as pit toilets will only become a thing of the past in 2030, argues SECTION27
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 7 August 2021
Court orders church to pay transgender woman R600,000 in damages
International Pentecost Holiness Church members undressed Karabo Ndlovu to conduct a gender test
Law | 4 August 2021
Constitutional Court rules that Jon Qwelane did commit hate speech
But the Supreme Court of Appeal decision on the vagueness of the hate speech law has been upheld. Parliament has been given 24 months to rectify it
Law | 30 July 2021