The Lawyer

11/06/2025

https://sundayworld.co.za/news/civil-wife-loses-inheritance-as-court-upholds-customary-marriage-of-45-years/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6RCm54RlSpANz0GMxpGZkLN737rw7oNevbHU553epDYpIVgJzwu6zN4kCPRA_aem_lC-ytijUKJSkdUdZy5i1hg

A woman who thought she was lawfully married for six years has lost her claim to her late partner’s estate — because he never

26/04/2024

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2024-04-25-creditors-cannot-sue-company-directors-sca-rules/

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision sets the precedent for how litigants must conduct their cases against companies

01/01/2024

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-12-31-trophy-hunter-awarded-almost-r9m-in-damages-after-being-accidentally-blinded-by-municipal-worker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2mWvuvX7G1BWkL6hhiexaI_dchikSziSujTbHZ_E3NPt4Bo7E9NUe9NIE =1704016988

A man won almost R9m in damages from the Thabazimbi municipality in Limpopo after he was blinded by a stone that shot out from one of its worker’s grass cutters.

08/07/2023

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/attaching-summons-to-door-of-ford-motor-company-in-silverton-is-wrong-says-judge-0ae89b26-3bb5-4426-ae3b-159bcc617a12

Ford said it had had no knowledge of the legal action against it, as it had neither received the summons nor was notified about it.

08/07/2023

Be careful what you give a thumbs up to.

02/07/2023

https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/podcaster-and-his-baby-mama-drama-20230701

The woman, who previously lived in Johannesburg, has approached the Johannesburg High Court, seeking an order to relocate the children to the country.

04/10/2022

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/cheating-wife-loses-all-benefits-including-husbands-pension-assets-in-divorce-e56a480b-74f9-4952-aa63-01470736fa01

The husband said his wife should not get a cent and that the half of his government pension fund – to which a spouse married in community of property is usually entitled – should be forfeited due to her conduct over the years.

08/02/2022

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/court-finds-vodacom-must-offer-far-more-than-r47m-to-please-call-me-inventor-nkosana-makate-9b1241a0-afcc-4890-af7d-9845a1cff9de?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1644322136

He said he was owed at least R10bn and the cellphone giant must now go back to the drawing board to come up with a suitable amount.

27/09/2021

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2021-09-26-r3600-legal-bill-dispute-costs-woman-r70k-after-she-insults-lawyer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1632643773

A dispute over a R3,600 legal bill has cost a Cape Town woman R70,000 after she was found to have besmirched a lawyer’s good name.

19/09/2021

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2021-09-19-i-will-continue-the-lords-work-as-a-whistle-blower-says-vexatious-litigant/ =1632026520

High court acting judge Constance Nziweni declared Deon Pienaar a vexatious litigant and ordered that he may not institute any further legal proceedings against the Reserve Bank and PwC.

19/09/2021

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-09-16-woman-wins-r39m-lawsuit-after-managers-forced-kiss/

The Eastern Cape high court awarded a female municipal employee a R3.9m lawsuit in April, almost 12 years after her manager forcefully tried to kiss her.