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Law Society expresses grave
concern at allegations of extra-judicial killings and torture in
Botswana. Law Society of South Africa
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Construction Conundrums.
Association of Arbitrators (KZN)
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High Court General Office.
Pietermaritzburg Attorneys Association - 15 May 2009
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more Government Gazette
Update
Constitution Sixteenth
Amendment Act of 2009
Date of commencement : 3 April 2009
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act
Commencement of sections 2 and 3 : 6 May 2009
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Recent Journal
Articles
The latest edition of CILSA features articles on
the challenge posed to media freedom by 'insult laws', and commentary
on Shilubana v
Nwamitwa relating to the succession of women to traditional
leadership.
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Comparative and
International Law Journal of Southern Africa
Judges in three cases
reached different conclusions on whether employees are entitled to sue
employers for breach of employment contracts.
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Employment Law
Potchefstroom
Electronic Law Journal
This issue includes an article relating to monitoring and interception
in the workplace.
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Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse
Romeins-Hollandse Reg
Articles cover the matter of constitutional aspects of the right to
die with dignity, 'foreign' Internet wills in South Africa, and the
recently implemented public mediation service in maintenance courts.
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Recent Judgments
The Eastern Cape High Court in Grahamstown has ordered a local case to
be heard in terms of the defamation laws of Nebraska, US, and a
decision in the North Gauteng High Court obliges prosecutors to
investigate apartheid era cases.
Constitutional Court of South Africa
- Biowatch
; Muslim Marriages Bill ; Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56
of 2001 ; KZN Slums Act
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa - are senior magistrates
and magistrates legally entitled
to continue to be considered for and receive merit awards as part
of their conditions of service - High Courts are entitled to try
labour cases
Commercial Crimes Courts
Equality Courts
Labour Courts
Labour
Appeal Court
Land Claims
Court
Tax
Courts -
The Tax Court has upheld a taxpayer's
claim to deduct a payment of R50 million for a radio station's
trade mark and name for income tax purposes
Eastern Cape High Court :
Bisho
Eastern Cape High Court : Grahamstown
- Precedent
Eastern Cape High Court :
Mthatha
Eastern Cape High Court :
Port Elizabeth
Free State High Court :
Bloemfontein
KwaZulu-Natal High Court
: Durban
KwaZulu-Natal High Court
: Pietermaritzburg - Municipal Property Rates
Act
North
Gauteng High Court
- Prosecution of apartheid era cases ; Presidential pardons ;
the judgment
giving permission to Vodacom to list on the JSE
Northern Cape High Court
South Gauteng High Court
- Selebi Case
Western Cape High Court
- Taliep Petersen Case (appeal)
Regional
Courts
Magistrates Courts
Competition
Commission, Tribunal and Appeal Court -
AccelorMittal decision is sent back to Tribunal by the Appeal court
South Africa. Government Information
Speeches :
State of the Nation Address ; Approved list
of Premiers
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Legislation
Child Justice Act ; Companies Act ; Competition Amendment Bill
; Consumer Protection Bill ; Taxation Laws
Amendment Bills ; Protection
from Harassment Bill, and others. Also includes
links to legislation now on the Polity website.
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SA Law Reform
Commission
Project 107. Sexual
Offences : Adult Prostitution. Comments invited.
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Legal Profession
Effects of recession ; the
Fiji Law Society has been
stripped of its power to deal with complaints and issue practising
certificates ; lawyers in the United Kingdom hand out free cans of
baked beans
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Contributions from Members of the
KwaZulu-Natal Law Society
Beware of the Consumer Protection Act .
. . coming to a court near you! - 1 June 2009
S A Jazbhay
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Manufacturers face strict liability for
defective products - 26 May 2009
S A Jazbhay
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Rights of innocent parties married in
COP under POCA - 27 May 2009
S A Jazbhay
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South Africa
National and Provincial Government Appointments
; read profiles of new government officials.
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South Africa
Sydney Kentridge recently addressed the
relationship between the Executive and the courts at an event hosted
by the Johannesburg Bar Association to
mark his sixty years of practise as an Advocate ;
President Zuma is making top appointments within the criminal justice
system ; JSC members have
been named ; news on the unit to replace the Scorpions
; Trevor Manuel's comments on good financial regulators
; the Dinokeng
Scenarios are being widely discussed ; what is the future of
provincial government ; the twice-cancelled episode of
Special Assignment relating to political satire can now be seen
online, despite not being screened on tv channels.
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Africa
A joint project between the Law Society of Kenya and Newcastle Law Society (UK), the Juvenile
Justice Project, provides free legal aid to minors who are charged in
court ; Africa unites to reach a landmark agreement on mainstream climate change adaptation
; read Republic v Thomas Gilbert Cholmondeley [2009]eKLR, the
Kenyan case that has made international headlines in recent years.
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Asia
Women
in Pakistan support Islamic law while protesting the Taliban ; freedom of the press is once again an issue in North Korea.
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Australasia
An Australian
judge has allowed a bankruptcy notice to be served on a man in South
Africa by email.
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Europe
A Swiss bank has refused to supply
America with the names of suspected tax evaders as it would be in
breach of Swiss criminal law ; Intel has been fined a
record 1.06bn euros ($1.45bn ; £948m) by the European Commission for
anti-competitive practices
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Middle East
A woman who lost her unborn child in a
traffic accident has been found guilty of manslaughter and ordered to
pay blood money.
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United Kingdom
Freedom of religion has been highlighted during a long-term struggle
by an elderly man who is seeking permission for a traditional Hindu
cremation
; the biggest class action ever brought before the British
courts relates to the dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast
; the public is invited to choose how money from a £4 million
criminal assets fund is spent in their area ;
European Court of Justice rules in favour of South African
trade mark.
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United States, Canada and Central
America
Because of their stock holdings and the
job of one of their sons, four of nine justices had to sit out
hearings relating to the international case that accuses numerous
companies of supporting the apartheid-era South African government
; the government has been ordered to re-open the immigration cases of
dozens of widows of American citizens whose paperwork had not been
processed before the death of their spouses.
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International
The UN says economic
development must not be at the expense of indigenous rights ; the
Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty has finally
been published.
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Miscellaneous E-Things
The European
Commissioner for Information Society and Media recently delivered a
speech on the Future Internet.
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E-Tips
A South African has been fired and two others suspended for posting
Facebook updates considered unacceptable by the their companies
; do you need to protect yourself from Google?
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Vacancies
Vacancies exist for two Attorneys
experienced in litigation/criminal work, a Professional Assistant, a
Paralegal . . .
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