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Recent Judgments
Constitutional
Court - Matatiele case begins ; Hlophe withdraws case
Equality
Courts - Malema's case postponed after late filing of papers ;
Jurie Els faces sex claims by fellow singer Robbie Klay
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Durban - Lotter siblings may not use
deceased parents' money for defence
KwaZulu-Natal High
Court : Pietermaritzburg - Muslim marriage in spotlight
North Gauteng High
Court - Sections of Communal Land Rights Act declared
unconstitutional
South Gauteng High
Court - Leigh Matthews' parents do not support
Donovan Moodley's appeal ; policemen accused of dealing in drugs ; Agliotti's
testimony comes to a conclusion, Diane Muller and Martin Flint take
the stand
Magistrates Courts
Legislation
Draft
Customs Controll Bill ; Draft Customs Duty Bill ; Draft
Public Service Broadcasting Bill
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Legal Profession
Zimbabwe Law Society
protests country's judicial system
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South Africa
Argument over rhino trophy hunting ;
Judge Siraj Desai
says credibility of parole system has been damaged by Shaik's release
; Airbus deal is cancelled ; Durban school acts on bullying ; aspiring
judges need to have judicial temperament ; Prakash Naidoo looks at judiciary and
legal
profession that are battling to get over the past ; Kgomotso
Moroka SC on prejudice tainting SA's pool of potential judges ;
Agriculture department unable to recover some R80 million ; KZN
praised by Auditor General ; Royal household budget to be turned
around ; spending of all KZN departments to be cut ;
Surveyor-Generals' Offices affected by labour dispute ; Department of
Human Settlements cracks down on shoddy workmanship ; Oudekraal case
comes to an end ; spotlight on transformation in the mining sector ;
status of Eskom's CEO uncertain ; municipality's response to air
pollution in Durban South ; unhappiness
over name changes in Mpumalanga ; policemen implicated in manipulation
of statistics are redeployed while investigation continues ; Athletics
South Africa apologises to Caster Semenya, suspends head and board ;
trade union general secretary explains doubling of salary ; furore
around Erasmus Commission continues ; call for nationalisation of
individuals' wealth
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Africa
Coup plotters released from Equatorial Guinea one year after
sentencing
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Europe
Karadzic
appears before International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia ;
Italy challenges European Court of Human Rights ruling that displaying
crucifixes in classrooms violates religious and educational freedoms
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Middle East
Iranian student questions the
Ayatollah directly ; Saudi Arabian to be beheaded and crucified
for rapes
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United Kingdom
Family courts go online ; Serious Fraud Office hands over paperwork
relating to bribery claims against BAE ;
concern among lawyers that providing
financial incentives to prosecutors could undermine the criminal
justice system ; patients to be given right to private care ;
parents on opposing sides in baby's right to life case
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United States and
South America
Brazil universities face race quota row ; victims' right to legal
action against 'apartheid companies' ; Madoff accountant pleads guilty
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Vacancies
Vacancy exists for legal bookkeeper ; Professional Assistant seeks
position ; two people seek positions as Candidate Attorneys
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