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

1 July 2009

This professional service draws attention to current and important items of news
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InfoUpdate
13 of 2009

News
Workshops :
  Beware of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) - Empangeni,
    Stanger, Port Shepstone and Newcastle
  Administration of Estates : introductory course - Durban,
    Pietermaritzburg

Recent Journal Articles of Interest
Employment Law

LexisNexis Property Law Digest

Recent Judgments
Competition Commission, Tribunal and Appeal Court
- supermarkets to be scrutinised
Labour Courts
- SABC workers can strike
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Pietermaritzburg
- Sani Pass crash decision to be appealed ; Shembe house burned
North Gauteng High Court - Stamp Duties Act judgment ; surrogates no longer legal parents ; racial claims in tow truck case
South Gauteng High Court
- Tannenbaum 'Ponzi' scheme
Magistrates Court

South Africa. Government Information
Speeches : dti ; education ; taxi alliance ; KZN Finance Budget Address

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Legislation
Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Draft Bill
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Legal Profession
Routledge Modise is practising as Eversheds from today ; out of work solicitors in the UK could end up working as shop assistants
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South Africa
'Tshwane' out of bounds for SABC ; cellphone users and service providers affected by law that comes into effect today ; SABC Board disbanded today as Johannesburg Labour Court gives workers right to strike ; Zuma writes to Selebi ; single public service? ;
Occupation Specific Dispensations still in the spotlight ; doctors' strike ; construction workers' strike ; Tutu comments on Pikoli
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Europe
US insists it wants the names and details of Swiss bank's clients who could be wanted tax cheats
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United Kingdom
Sharia courts in the UK ; parliamentary reforms in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal could violate their human rights ; proposed ban on age discrimination ; equality legislation precludes giving l
ocal people greater priority on housing lists
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United States
Decision in the first federal cyber-bullying case which resulted in the suicide of a teenager is due tomorrow ; Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in jail ; US troops withdraw from Iraq
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Vacancies
A firm is looking for a Candidate Attorney
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