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

4 September 2009

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

InfoUpdate 19 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

North Gauteng High Court (previously Transvaal Provincial Division) - http://www.saflii.org.za/za/cases/ZAGPPHC/ ; Court rolls at http://www.saflii.org/blog/?page_id=79

26 August 2009
20522/09 [2009] ZAGPPHC 101
Immobili Retail Investments (Pty) Ltd (in provisional liquidation) and Others v Absa Bank (Pty) Ltd and Others

21 August 2009
19638/2008 [2009] ZAGPPHC 100
National Credit Regulator v Nedbank Limited and Others

30 July 2009
2263/06 [2009] ZAGPPHC 98
M & G Media Limited and Others v Public Protector

Mom in bid for son to do jail time in SA - 23 August
A George mother has launched a high court application to force the government to sign a prisoner exchange treaty which would allow her son and other prisoners to serve their sentences in South Africa. Patricia Gerber launched the application in the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, on Friday. Johann Gerber's defence was that he had been forced to smuggle drugs for fear of his family being hurt. He is serving a nine-year sentence in a Mauritius jail and is expected to be released in 2016. - IOL website
Keyphrase :
Drug smuggling

Curatorship of New Era extended to 2010 - 4 September
The North Gauteng High Court yesterday refused to put Era Life Insurance under liquidation but instead extended its provisional curatorship. New Era, one of two black-owned insurance companies in the country, had applied to have a provisional curatorship order placed on it on July 7 lifted. Judge Willie Hartzenberg ordered the curators of New Era to file a report by February 16 next year, informing the court what position the company was in and what steps had been taken to achieve an acceptable holding of shares in it. - Business Report website

Prinsloo now probed for sex crimes in Belarus - 8 September
Police are investigating Dirk Prinsloo's possible involvement in sexual crimes similar to those for which he evaded trial in South Africa after he skipped bail. Lieutenant-Colonel Mikhail Starikovich, head of Interpol's national central bureau in Belarus, yesterday confirmed that the investigation period was prolonged because of information that "there were several episodes connected with sexual crimes, probably committed by Prinsloo in Minsk". It is expected that his trial will not start before the end of November. - IOL website

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