M[….] obo M[. ] v MEC for Education, Limpopo Province (1853/2015) [2020] ZALMPPHC 100 (10 December 2020)

Article written by Avyakta Sing, Candidate Attorney, checked by Ashleigh Butler, Associate and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Senior Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 13 July 2022 BACKGROUND M (“the Plaintiff”) sued the MEC of the Department of Basic Education (“the Defendant”) in her representative capacity as the mother of her child (“T”), due to an eye
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Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others (CCT 241 of 2020) [2021] ZACC 51

Article written by S’negugu Dlamini, Candidate Attorney, checked by Jordan Dias, Associate and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 11 July 2022 Introduction The Bwanya judgment deals with the right of a surviving life partner in a permanent opposite-sex life partnership to inherit or claim maintenance from the deceased partner’s estate. Pursuant to
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Colgate-Palmolive (Pty) Ltd v Rala-Rala and Others (JR79/19) [2021] ZALCJHB 35 (20 January 2021)

Article written by Avyakta Sing, Candidate Attorney, checked by Kirsten Chetty, Associate and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 05 July 2022 BACKGROUND Mr Rala-Rala (“the Respondent”) was employed by Colgate-Palmolive (Pty) Ltd (“the Applicant”) as its CDT Finance Manager. In August 2017 the Respondent suffered a brain stem bleed, which temporarily incapacitated
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STRANSHAM-FORD v MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND OTHERS – CASE NO. 27401/15

Article written by Savera Singh and checked and released by Jayna Hira, Associate INTRODUCTION In the case of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others, the contentious topic of euthanasia was discussed at length and assessed on the individual merits of the case. Mr Robert James Stransham-Ford (“the Applicant”), was a highly
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THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG’S “PER BIN” REFUSE TARIFF FOR BUSINESSES

By Craig Green (Partner) and Maike Gohl (Partner) 2 June 2022 INTRODUCTION This article seeks to examine, in terms of the City’s own tariff schedules, as published on its website, what the City may legally bill its consumers for refuse charges, with a specific emphasis on refuse charges for business properties, and what a consumer
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The Collapse of Crypto-Currency Trading Platforms – What Now?

Article written by Nombuyiselo Mvelase, Candidate Attorney, checked by Nicole Rens, Associate and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Senior partner at Schindlers Attorneys 04 February 2022 Introduction Mirror Trading International (“MTI”) was a well-known crypto-asset investment scheme which rose to fame during COVID.[1] It was exposed by its employees in late 2020 as being a scam,
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Gerber v Stanlib Asset Management (Pty) Ltd (JA92/20) [2021] ZALAC 51 (13 December 2021)

Article written by Elani Vogel, Candidate Attorney, checked by Dave Loxton, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 04 February 2022 Introduction Riaan Gerber (“appellant”) had referred three disputes to the court a quo (Labour Court) comprising of several claims, including a dispute in terms of section 187(1) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (“LRA”) on
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Rikhotso v Premier, Limpopo Province and Others [2021] ZACC Case No. CCT 79/20

Article written by Khethiwe Mabhena, Candidate Attorney, checked by Elani Vogel Candidate Attorney, and released by Caitlin Wilde Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 31 January 2022 Judgment Delivered on 25 January 2021 The background This judgment concerned an application before the Constitutional Court (the “Court”) to set aside an order of the High Court dismissing Headman
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Radebe v Redbow Transport CC (JS 837/19) [2020] ZALCJHB 166 (19 August 2020)

Article written by Avyakta Sink, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Jordan Dias, Associate at Schindlers Attorneys 31 January 2022 BACKGROUND The Applicant in this case approached the Labour Court for default judgment following her dismissal for misconduct by the Respondent on 14 October 2014. The Applicant disputed the fairness of his dismissal and referred
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THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS ACT

THE ACT The Property Practitioners Act is new legislation which will have an impact on all estate agents. The Act was signed  by the President and published in the Government Gazette on 3 October 2019. Proclamation 47 of 2022 published in the Government Gazette on 14 January 2022 determined that 1 February 2022 is the
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