Law Blog Archives - Christo Smith

Pie : Action procedure inappropriate

Feb 4, 2025 | Law Blog

The Gauteng Local Division of the High Court, in the matter of DNN Technologies (Pty) Ltd v Mdwara [2024 (6) SA 467 (GJ)], held that eviction proceedings in terms of the Pie Act may only be brought on motion. The court held that the action procedure was not competent...

Can Lady Justice give us a smile?

Apr 28, 2023 | Law Blog

A previous article under the heading “Is Lady Justice wavering?” caused quite a stir. The article referred to a statement by the well-known economist Dawie Roodt who claims that the element of control characterises present-day State practices. In the Judicial system...

The diamond and the dust

Nov 23, 2022 | Law Blog

In the last blog we intimated that Lady Justice is wavering – well maybe it’s not all that bad. In one week the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal hand down two major judgments – Janusz Walus, Chris Hani’s murderer, is freed and Jacob Zuma must return to...

Divorce : don’t be the victim

Aug 17, 2022 | Law Blog

The breakdown of a marriage is always a very traumatic event in one’s life. When children are involved in can get even worse. Make sure that when the time comes and the unfortunate breakdown occurs, that you get the right advice. Wrong advice can straddle you in...

Seminar dates for September 2022

Jul 13, 2022 | Law Blog

The dates of seminars to be held country-wide in September this year have been decided. Seminars will be presented on the topic of rule amendments, civil procedure and Evictions. New developments in this field of the law, latest case law and rule changes will be...

SPLUMA by-laws declared invalid

Jul 12, 2022 | Law Blog

In a ground-breaking judgment the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has held in the matter of Govan Mbeki Local Municipality and another v Glencore Operations, South Africa (Pty) Ltd and others that the by-laws enforced in terms of the SPLUMA Act, are invalid. These...

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