Browsing PER: 2016 Volume 19 by Title
Now showing items 1-20 of 55
-
The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in South Africa under the Legal Practice Act: international trade law and constitutional perspectives
(2016)Globalisation requires ever closer co-operation between legal professionals hailing from different national jurisdictions. This interactive global environment has fostered growing international training and mobility among ... -
At the intersection between expropriation law and administrative law: two critical views on the constitutional court's arun judgment
(2016)(LUPO) vests all land indicated as public roads on a development plan in the local authority upon approval of such a plan. This includes land that is in excess of the normal need of the development. The appellant must hence ... -
Authority by representation – a new form of authority?
(2016)The majority decision in Makate v Vodacom (Pty) Ltd [2016] ZACC 13 recognises a new form of actual authority – authority by representation. However, the decision is based on a misinterpretation of English law and is ... -
Automatically unfair and operational requirement dismissals: making sense of the 2014 amendments
(2016)This article explores the concept of the automatic unfair dismissal that is regulated in s 187(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA), where the reason for the dismissal is to "compel the employee to accept a ... -
"Brexit": a constitutional, diplomatic and democratic crisis. A view from the trenches
(2016)A discussion of the recent referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) on membership of the European Union (EU) and, in particular, to consider the immediate aftermath and longer-term implications of the decision to leave. -
The commission as a party before the court – reflections on the complementarity arrangement
(2016)The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has worked as the continent's watchdog, under the ACHPR, for almost 30 years. Much has changed since the time of its inception. More institutions, set to ensure the ... -
Compensation for what? An analysis of the outcome in Arun Property Development (PTY) LTD v Cape Town City
(2016)In Arun Property Development (Pty) Ltd v Cape Town City the Constitutional Court awarded compensation for land that vested in the City of Cape Town in terms of a regulatory framework. The regulatory framework, sections 25 ... -
Concern regarding the "debt" created by rule 14.10.9 of the government employees' pension fund rules
(2016)This paper highlights the prejudicial effect of the rule within the rules of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), which allows this fund to create a "divorce debt" for its member when the court has ordered that ... -
Constitutional values, therapeutic jurisprudence and legal education in South Africa: shaping our legal order
(2016)Law schools have a responsibility to remind law students that by studying law they have the power to transform thoughts, policies and lives, and that practising law is not just about financial rewards, but that its greatest ... -
The core meaning of human dignity
(2016)The concept of human dignity is relatively new in international and domestic constitutional law. Dignity is protected as a value or a right, or both, in international law and many domestic jurisdictions. It is difficult ... -
The deadlock principle as a ground for the Just and equitable winding up of a solvent company: Thunder Cats Investments 92 (Pty) Ltd v Nkonjane Economic Prospecting Investment (Pty) Ltd 2014 5 SA 1 (SCA)
(2016)The question addressed by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Thunder Cats Investment 92 (Pty) Ltd v Nkonjane Economic Prospecting & Investments (Pty) Ltd 2014 5 SA 1 (SCA) (hereafter the "Thunder Cats") provides much-needed ... -
Delinquent directors under the companies act 71 of 2008: Gihwala v Grancy Property Limited 2016 ZASCA 35
(2016)The Companies Act 71 of 2008 has introduced into our company law an innovative provision which permits a wide range of persons to apply to court to declare a director delinquent. This provision is contained in section 162 ... -
Derivative misconduct and forms thereof: Western Refinery Ltd v Hlebela 2015 36 ILJ 2280 (LAC)
(2016)Western Platinum Refinery Ltd v Hlebela 2015 36 ILJ 2280 (LAC) ("Hlebela") required the Labour Appeal Court to grapple with difficult questions presented by a generic dilemma which confronts an employer who is faced with ... -
Doctrinal sanction and the protection of the rights of religious associations: Ecclesia De Lange v The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (726/13) [2014] ZASCA 151
(2016)Scholarship on the protection of religious rights and freedoms in the context of religious associations in South Africa has gained in momentum since the decision by the Equality Court in Johan Daniel Strydom v Nederduitse ... -
Employers' statutory vicarious liability in terms of the protection of Personal Information Act
(2016)A person whose privacy has been infringed upon through the unlawful, culpable processing of his or her personal information can sue the infringer's employer based on vicarious liability or institute action based on the ... -
Equal pay for work of equal value in terms of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998: lessons from the International Labour Organisation and the United Kingdom
(2016)Equal pay is an area of employment law that is complex and not easily understood. This complexity is recognised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which notes that equal pay for work of equal value has proved ... -
An evaluation of the self-regulation of promotional competitions in South Africa
(2016)Promotional competitions are competitions in which prizes are awarded by lot or chance in order to promote goods or services. In order to protect participants and consumers against abuse, these competitions are usually ... -
Exploring universal partnerships and putative marriages as tools for awarding partnership property in contemporary family law
(2016)Following upon the Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment in Butters v Mncora 2012 4 SA 1 (SCA), which broadened the criteria and consequences of universal partnerships in cohabitation relationships, this article investigates ... -
Extending recognition of indigenous burial practices in Selomo v Doman 2014 JDR 0780 (LCC)
(2016)Burying deceased family members in familial gravesites close to the homestead of the living has been a well-established practice in Southern Africa for many centuries. In terms of indigenous cultural and religious norms ... -
The functions of selected human rights institutions and related role-players in the protection of human rights in Zimbabwe
(2016)Various violations of the human rights of ordinary people and human rights defenders have been reported in Zimbabwe since the late 1980s. It is widely acknowledged that such violations have been perpetrated mostly by the ...