Insights

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May
2013
Law Letters

LAW LETTER 15

This summer edition of Law Letter introduces our readers to the way our courts have recently dealt with granting access to information in the public interest, and the displeasure of our judges where the court process and the right of the public are abused.
15
May
2013

LAW LETTER 16

Prisons, policemen, trusts, the media and insolvency all feature in this Autumn edition of Law Letter.
15
May
2013
Corporate and Commercial

THE DUTY TO REPORT STATUTORY RAPE

In the Children’s Act, the definition of sexual abuse, in relation to a child, suggests that a child must be sexually molested or assaulted for the conduct to constitute abuse.
15
May
2013
Corporate and Commercial

SATAWU AND ANOTHER V JACQUELINE GARVAS AND OTHERS

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) had organised a gathering of thousands of people through the City of Cape Town to register employment-related concerns of its members within the security industry.
15
May
2013
Environmental and Mining

SC:MINERAL RIGHTS NOT EXPROPRIATED BY THE ENACTMENT OF THE MPRDA

The Minister appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal (“the SCA”) against the judgment of the North Gauteng High Court.
15
May
2013
Professional Indemnity Law

NEW REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO HPCSA FINES

These Regulations set out a range of minimum and maximum fines that may be imposed when a practitioner has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct or has elected to pay an admission of guilt fine.
15
May
2013
Environmental and Mining

MPRDA DID NOT EXPROPRIATE MINERAL RIGHTS

On 18 April 2013 the Constitutional Court found that mineral rights were not expropriated by the enactment of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.
15
May
2013

MEMORANDUM OF INCORPORATION

The new Companies Act came into effect on 1 May 2011. All registered companies should within a two-year period (i.
15
May
2013
Law Letters

LAW LETTER 18

This Winter edition of Law Letter brings to our readers recent cases on corporate business rescue, the consequences of death on wills and life policies, the importance of complying with the terms of a contract and the evidence of self-confessed criminals.
15
May
2013
Law Letters

LAW LETTER 19

This Spring edition of Law Letter highlights the approach our courts adopt to the enforcement of rights – the right to assemble, the right to property, the right to receive and impart information, and the right to compensation for expropriation of property.
15
May
2013

LAW LETTER 20

This edition of Law Letter highlights how our courts deal with changes in society – bringing outdated practices and views in line with the principles and values of our constitutional democracy.
15
May
2013
Law Letters

LAW LETTER 04

This Springtime edition of Law Letter looks at important new legislation, our precious environment, the law of property, contract and mineral rights, and the law of defamation.