Unmarried partner gets maintenance – ruling

High Court finds in favour of an RAF claimant who was left without support after her partner, to whom she was not married but with whom she shared reciprocal duties of support, died in a fatal car accident. Jacobs v Road Accident Fund Introduction [1] The plaintiff issued…

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Dead men tell no tales – But can they be reinstated?

It is trite in employment law that reinstatement is the primary remedy for unfair dismissal under the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 as amended...

by Neil Coetzer and Jessica Fox

Dead men tell no tales – But can they be reinstated?

Section pertaining to “surviving spouse” in Wills Act declared unconstitutional

In a landmark case handed down by the Constitutional Court on Friday 29 June 2018 in the matter of Moosa and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others[1], Section 2C (1) of the Wills Act 7 of 1953 (“the Wills Act”), was confirmed to be unconstitutional.…

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by Celeste du Plooy