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Government
Gazette Update
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Legislation
Child Justice Act ; Consumer
Protection Act ; Criminal
Procedure Act ; Division of Revenue Bill
; Draft
National Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessments
; National
Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996
; Protection
of Personal Information Bill, 2009 ;
Regulation
of Interception of Communications Act
; Social
Assistance Amendment Bill
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News
Family Law
Seminar. Black Lawyers Association
Recent
Judgments
Competition
Commission, Tribunal and Appeal Court - Sasol lifts the lid on the
oil industry
Constitutional Court - President doesn't have to pay for pardons
application ; anti-dumping tariffs
Supreme Court of Appeal - Police conduct unlawful search or trap?
; tender awards ; unacceptable for
police officials to act in two capacities ; 'equity security'
exemption ; rights of asylum seekers ; Dave King not entitled to
additional documents ; public violence ; wefts are finished items of
false hair ; liquidator v Master of Western Cape High Court ; miner
sues AngloGold
Ashanti for R2,6-million for irreversible lung diseases ;
comments on McBride/Citizen decision
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Durban - Zulu faces sequestration
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Pietermaritzburg - Businesswoman claims
damages for not being warned of parolee's dangerous past ; Wartburger
Hof murder trial begins ; Thistle Hotel murder trial underway ; Judge
says
Constitution
does not protect people
from criminals and hands down 25-year sentences for Vroom murder ;
Cathedral Peak Hotel declares pothole war
North Gauteng High Court - Moves on Zimbabwean properties in
the Western Cape ; tourist wants R12m after slipping on wet tiles at
safari lodge ; tragic sequel to 'Advocate Barbie' trial
South Gauteng High Court - Common-law wife of safari farm owner
sentenced to life for his murder ; two travellers awarded compensation
after being wrongfully accused by police of stealing rental car ;
prisoners take Minister to court to get transcripts of their trials ;
Sexwale concerned that eviction judgment could cause chaos ; Czech
fugitive finally appears in court in connection with disappearance of
his father in 2002 amid reports of connection to missing German
businessman
Western Cape High Court - Zille sued by former patient of
Tygerberg Hospital ; police admit putting 12 year old in body bag for
failing to do homework ; Delft squatters have cost government almost
R3m ; Kriegler speaks up in Zille v Judicial Service Commission
in the Hlophe matter, judgment reserved
Commercial Crime Courts - Interference by complainant leads to
dismissal of case
Equality Courts - Malema found guilty of hate speech, response
from broad spectrum
Labour Appeal Courts
- Judge questions sex worker's appeal against dismissal from illegal
job
Land Claims Courts - Bishops Court case goes ahead ;
Baphiring judgment
now online
Regional
Courts - Zulu case starts five hours late ; attorney/estate agent
accused of theft of R1m from potential property purchasers ; spy
software case adjourned ; plea bargain for drug mule ; assault case
opened after thirteen years
Magistrates Courts - Blue light 'victim' case in court as counter
charges proceed ; one of biggest fraud cases involving SARS and
Customs and Excise reaches court ; swimming coach accused of sexual
abuse of three-year olds is granted bail ; man who shot child in
creche given five year sentence ; man convicted after crashing into
two cyclists ; Petersen in court for insurance fraud Legal
Profession
Comment on Legal Services Sector Charter
and Legal
Practice Bill 2009 ; assigning of government's briefs ; Johannesburg
Bar Council passes resolution on transformation ; UK law firms
prepare for the stock market
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South
Africa
Police to escort 2010 soccer teams, 40 000 prostitutes expected to
arrive, accommodation concerns, Zakumi factory flouts conditions so
production stopped ; Arts and Culture Minister walks out of exhibition
by lesbian activist leaving assistant to make opening speech, lawyers
to judge if photos were pornographic ; uncertainty over banking
regulator ; state of South African copyright law ; re-offender stats ;
prison security a concern, Westville prisoners apparently downloaded
prison map to plan escape ; almost 300 transcripts missing from GSJ ;
focus of the criminal justice system ; Economic Development Ministry
extends its footprint, plans to use private pensions for development ;
legislation to prohibit non-educational activities during school time
; teachers called to account ; clarity requested on environmental
policy ; R10bn claim for Gautrain delay ; laws
governing civil servants face a shake-up ; SARS conducts lifestyle
audits ; Asmal calls for cabinet ministers to make debt and tax
certificates public ; government tenders remain in the spotlight ;
Home Affairs cancels death-bed marriage ; Royal Household Trust to
curb expenses ; courts support alternative dispute resolution ;
labour brokers will not be banned ; SABC hauled before CCMA ; Communal
Land Rights Act faces major overhaul ; Wild Coast cottages
demolished, some owners face fraud charges ; agricultural land could
be declared a "national asset" ; Land
Reform Green Paper to be released in May ; Eskom to apply to
World Bank for loan amid concerns over coal power ; news breaks on
Eskom's secret price deals ; government stake in ASA
Metals to go to group of politically connected individuals rather than
the poor ; questions abound in wineland mining debate ; concern over
ratepayers putting money into trust accounts rather than
municipalities ; Cape Town Municipality in trouble over demolition of
religious structures ; uMsunduzi Municipality under administration,
mayor and municipal manager stripped of powers ; report on 'spygate'
tapes being finalised ; ministers who decline to appear before Scopa
could face criminal charges ; President declares his financial assets
ten months late ; police to switch to military ranks on 1 April ; SAPS
legal head suspended ; rural safety under scrutiny ; SARS confiscates
Mpisane cars ; use of Drager breathalysers suspended at least in
Gauteng ; illegally converted taxis have six months to be fixed ;
country watches as fatal drag racing accident goes to court ;
environmental impact assessment report recommends N2 toll-road through
Wild Coast should go ahead despite opposition from Premier and others
; copy of Freedom Charter to be auctioned
; tributes to Fatima Meer ; Winnie critical of Mandela in alleged
newspaper interview ; Malema's tirade at University of Johannesburg
leads to numerous charges and complaints ; race row brews over burial
in Swellendam cemetry
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Vacancies
Attorney seeks a position ; three potential Candidate Attorneys ;
two administrative positions sought
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Marketplace
The Survivor's Guide for Candidate
Attorneys
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