IN THE NEWS: ConCourt rules SAPS must investigate torture in Zim
In a recent judgment of 30 October 2014 granted by the Constitutional Court, it was unanimously ruled that the South African Police...
IN THE NEWS: The Barnard decision in context
The Constitutional Court’s decision relating to racial discrimination by the SAPS in its employment equity practices in the well-known...
PROPERTY: ConCourt rules CPI appropriate method to determine present-day value of property for land
In the recent case of Florence v Government of the Republic of South Africa, the Constitutional Court ruled that using the Consumer Price...
PROPERTY: The ABC’s of eviction
The issue of evictions has received a lot of media attention in recent times with the Lwandle eviction saga in Cape Town causing great...
COMMERCIAL LAW: Is a debt restructuring proposal and act of insolvency?
In a recent case before the Constitutional Court the issue arose whether a debt-restructuring proposal in terms of the National Credit...
PROPERTY: ConCourt rules estate agent inspections without warrants unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court in the recent case of Estate Agency Affairs Board v Auction Alliance (Pty) Ltd and Others CCT 94/13 [2014] ZACC...
EMPLOYMENT LAW: New draft Employment Equity Regulations cause uproar
The Minister of Labour published new draft regulations under the Employment Equity Amendment Act on 28 February. The regulations are...
DID YOU KNOW: ConCourt gives certainty on service of NCA letters
On 20 February the Consititutional Court, in the case of Kubyana v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (CCT 65/13) [2014] ZACC 1, provided...