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Legal Updates: 23 September to 4 October 2024

The Lexinfo Team
Oct 4, 20245 min read


This week’s edition references the Legal Sector Code published in terms of the B-BEE Act; new Court Directives; case law, including a groundbreaking judgment addressing the right of male spouses to assume the surnames of their female spouses. Also included are references to articles from various journals.


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Case Summaries

Reference summaries of the judgments handed down by the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal during September 2024 here.

 

Attorney Alert: 23 and 30 September 2024

The edition of 23 September includes references to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act 32 of 2024 published in the Government Gazette on 16 September 2024 and an article entitled South Africa has a new education law: Some love it, some hate it – Education expert explains why.

Also featured is the Legal Sector Code published in terms of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003.

Also included are several articles, such as:


The edition for 23 September to 30 September includes:

 

References to the following Government Gazette notices are included in this edition:

 

The following Court Directives are also included:

 

Other content includes news on the new 5th edition of the Handbook of the South African Law of Maintenance by LexisNexis, as well judgments such as:

 

Employment and Labour Law Alert: 30 September 2024

This week’s edition contains references to the latest Labour Appeal Court judgments:

 

Several recent High Court and Labour Court judgments are referred to, including:

 

Also featured are various journal articles, including:

  • Germishuys-Burchell, Wilhelmina. On collective bargaining, advisory arbitration and legal intervention: The 1995 Labour Relations Act as a product of criticism of the 1956 Labour Relations Act. – 2024 (27) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

  • Hlwatika, Siphile. Salary deductions: Can employers resort to “self-help”? – 2024 45(2) Obiter p505

 

Insurance Law Alert: 1 October 2024

This week’s edition contains references to the latest Financial Services Tribunal decisions, including:

 

The following High Court judgment is also referred to:

 

Also featured is the following journal article:

 

Health Law Alert: 2 October 2024

This week’s edition contains references to various High Court judgments, including:

 

Media commentary regarding recent medical negligence cases is also included:

 

Also featured is the following journal article:

  • Brown Qunita et al. Trust as moral currency: Perspectives of health researchers in sub-Saharan Africa on strategies to promote equitable data sharing. – 2024 3(9) PLOS Digital Health

 

Energy Law Alert: 3 October 2024

This week’s edition contains news and analysis regarding Eskom's proposed electricity tariff increase; extradited former Eskom contractor Michael Lomas’s court appearance on fraud charges; and Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s ministerial engagement with the renewable energy sector.

 

Various High Court judgments are referred to, including:

 

Also featured is the following journal article:

 

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Image design: Daniélle Geldenhuys

Date posted: 4 October 2024


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