Discovery Health says Road Accident Fund is in breach of court order
In 2022, the High Court ruled that the fund could not withhold payments for past medical expenses covered by medical schemes.
Author: Tania Broughton of GroundUp
People’s expenses change in retirement. Shouldn’t their income too?
Conventional wisdom says that living expenses rise uniformly with inflation, so many financial plans are based simply on that. But analysing the spending patterns of retirees shows us that the data tells a different story.
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Any parent is entitled to four months’ parental leave, rules High Court
The Court declared sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Unemployment Insurance Fund Act unconstitutional for unfairly discriminating against mothers and fathers, and surrogate and adopting parents when it comes to ‘maternity leave’.
You can’t be fired just because you’re unpopular, court says
Labour Appeal Court rules that Standard Bank branch manager must be reinstated.
Judge ‘unscrambles an egg’: 20 years of property sales reversed
It started in 2001 when a bank bought the house for R100.
Mom wins court battle against medical scheme to cover the cost of treating her son’s rare condition
An Alberton mom has won a significant court battle against her medical scheme, forcing it to pay for an expensive drug that her three-year-old son needs to treat a rare inherited genetic disorder. […]
Court victory for Sars whistleblower
Two former executives of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), who were dismissed “for operational requirements” during the controversial Bain restructuring of the tax authority, have been reinstated to their previous positions. Johannesburg […]
Judge slams bank, lawyers for shoddy application against defaulting homeowner
Standard Bank and its lawyers have come under fire from a Durban High Court judge for taking shortcuts in an application against a defaulting homeowner. The bank sought default judgment and an order […]
Only South Africans and permanent residents may be lawyers, Concourt rules
In a blow to foreign law graduates who have lived, studied and completed articles and pupilage in South Africa, the Constitutional Court has ruled that a section of the Legal Practice Act (LPA) […]
A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children on divorce, court rules
A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children from the other parent upon divorce, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled. The judgment, penned by Acting Judge Pieter Meyer (with four […]
SCA thwarts man’s bid to keep assets from his wife during divorce trial
A wealthy Durban businessman has failed in his bid to “hide” more than R5.5 million from his wife. He had hastily established a trust and repaid his father an old debt. The Supreme […]
No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination
A long-term employee who was retrenched because she refused to get a Covid vaccination was not entitled to a severance package, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled. Commissioner Piet […]
Mom entitled to take ex-husband’s RA money for maintenance, says judge
A mother whose ex-husband owed her maintenance payments for their children was legally entitled to withdraw funds from his pension without giving him notice. This is the upshot of a ruling by Johannesburg […]
Telkom has frozen an employee’s pension. Here’s why a judge has allowed it.
Telkom has succeeded in “freezing” a pension pay-out to a former employee it is suing for over R200 million. In a civil trial, Telkom alleges Andrew Johannes Jacobs sold information to its competitors. […]
Father can’t get money from sale of his house until he pays child maintenance, judge rules
A Johannesburg father who owes about R200 000 in maintenance for his children will not be able to get his hands on the proceeds of the sale of his house until he pays […]
CCMA upholds yet another ‘anti-vaxxer’ dismissal
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that the dismissal of an “anti-vaxxer” was fair but in the same breath found the employer to be at fault for sending him […]
