The recent Irish High Court supplemental judgment to its judgment in Marlin Apartments Limited t/a Marlin Hotel Dublin v Allianz PLC [2024] IEHC, doesn’t affect the court’s September 2024 judgment on the meaning to be given to the words “at the Premises” in the relevant notifiable disease extension.
The court said the words “at
This blog is co-authored by Eric Geldenhuys, candidate attorney.
Corporate fraud and corruption continue to plague businesses in South Africa, leading to significant annual revenue losses and other detrimental impacts. As the landscape of corporate crime evolves, so too do the methods for uncovering it. Increasingly, companies are turning to private investigators to assist with
In May 2025, the High Court set aside an interim protection order granted in terms of the Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 because the person seeking the order had failed to make a truthful disclosure of the facts and no hearing was given to the person affected.
The applicant in the court proceedings witnessed and
The recent judgment in Standard Bank of South Africa v South African Reserve Bank and Others (047643/2023) [2025] ZAGPPHC 481 (15 May 2025) highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to address the treatment of cryptocurrencies within South Africa’s exchange control framework.
The case centred on funds held in bank accounts linked to Leo Cash
In a May 2025 judgment, the High Court denied urgent relief to a contractor who was therefore unsuccessful in stopping the enforcement of a performance guarantee.
Two consortium members, operating together, were contracted to provide services on a windfarm project. According to the terms of the consortium agreement, the consortium member (A) assumed 29% of
In November 2024, the Supreme Court of Appeal (court) set a precedent for Valuation Appeal Boards (VABs) in South Africa, reaffirming the importance of providing clear and reasoned decisions. The court highlighted that VABs, which are entrusted to adjudicate over valuation appeals in accordance with section 54 of the Local Government:
On 24 March 2025, the Constitutional Court upheld the appeal of Ekapa Minerals (Pty) Ltd and set aside the order of the High Court. The appeal related to whether the Constitutional Court could interfere with the High Court’s exercise of its true discretion under section 172(1)(b) of the Constitution by deciding to grant a retrospective
In May 2025, the High Court confirmed its jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a decision of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) Preliminary Committee of Inquiry which was made before Regulation 4A of the Health Professions Act came into effect on 23 June 2023.
Regulation 4A allows a complainant who is aggrieved
In May 2025 the High Court declared that the National Energy Regulator has no authority to require licences under the Gas Act of 2001 for upstream gas production activities authorised under a valid production right issued in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002.
The applicant sought clarity on whether it
On 12 March 2025, a High Court judgment ruled that the decision of a municipality to terminate the acting appointment of its Director of Community Services amounted to administrative action that is subject to review in terms of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA).
The employee had challenged the termination of his acting