Professional Update
A
monthly newsletter for KZN Attorneys from the Kwazulu-Natal Law Society

31 July 2009

This professional service draws attention to current and important items of news
 and members are directed to the hosts' websites

InfoUpdate 17 of 2009
Recent Judgments

Electronic copies of this information may be obtained from our librarians at help@lawlibrary.co.za or click on the underlined hyperlink where relevant

Western Cape High Court (previously Cape Provincial Division) - http://www.saflii.org.za/za/cases/ZAWCHC/ ; Court rolls at http://www.saflii.org/blog/?page_id=134

26 June 2009
A530/08 [2009] ZAWCHC 102
Steyn v Alexandra Security (Pty) Ltd and Another

Judgment reserved in Rodrigues appeal - 27 July
Lawyers for Dina Rodrigues and four others convicted of murdering baby Jordan Norton in 2005 appealed against their sentences on Monday, but the Western Cape High Court sent some of them back to the drawing board to do research on minimum sentencing. The appeals were heard by a full bench of judges, Acting Judge President Jeanette Traverso, Essa Moosa and Andre le Grange. - IOL website

'Don't convert sentence of my tormentor' - 29 July
A Cape Town regional magistrate is still living in fear after being the victim of a murder conspiracy. Magistrate Wilma van der Merwe said this in an affidavit handed in to the Cape High Court on Tuesday in response to an application by the man who plotted to have her assassinated to have the remainder of his 12-year sentence converted to correctional supervision. The man, former dentist Shaheem "Doc" Ismail, tried to have Van der Merwe killed after she convicted him of the 1997 murder of security guard Mansur Davids. - allAfrica website

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