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Foreseeing contractual performance: Various scenarios

Posted by GilesFiles | Sep 25, 1996 | 2014 and earlier, Appeals, Causes and defences, Central, Contractual breach, Courts, Exceptions/special pleas, False assumptions, Government, Impossibility or illegality, Judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Parties, Retired judges, Roman Dutch law, SCA judges, Sectors, Special pleas, State Owned Enterprises, Statutory, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics |

Nuclear Fuels Corporation of SA (Pty) Ltd v Orda AG Foreseeing contractual performance and SCA pointed out that what is not altogether clear is whether certain factors assist in determining the existence of vis major or, vis...

Right to privacy: Scope and application

Posted by GilesFiles | Jun 5, 1996 | 2014 and earlier, 2015 and earlier, Bill of Rights, Constitutional Court, Courts, Labour Relations, Landmark judgments, Personal Information |

Bernstein and Others v Bester This judgment will help you to determine when you are infringing someone’s right to privacy in the workplace. The court explores the scope of the right to privacy. The closer the action...

Stigma damages considered: Employer contractual duties

Posted by GilesFiles | Nov 24, 1995 | 2017, Banks, Causes and defences, Courts, Damages, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Landmark judgments, Parties, Sectors, Trust & confidence |

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research v Fijen (314/94) [1995] ZASCA 143; 1996 (2) SA 1 (SCA); [1996] 2 All SA 379 (A); [1996] 6 BLLR 685 (AD) (24 November 1995) “Employment, and job prospects, are matters of vital...

Repudiating employment contract: Wide or narrow sense?

Posted by GilesFiles | Nov 24, 1995 | 2014 and earlier, 2015 and earlier, Allowed, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Causes and defences, Conduct & capacity, Contractual breach, Costs, Courts, Evidence & onus, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Relations, Landmark judgments, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Orders, Parties, Personal services, SCA judges, Sectors, State Owned Enterprises, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Supreme Court of Appeal, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence |

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Defending defamatory statements: Onus and privilege

Posted by GilesFiles | Sep 26, 1995 | 2014 and earlier, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Causes and defences, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Delict, Evidence & onus, Interpretation etc, Judges, Legal Practice, Non-profit organisations, Orders, Parties, Personal services, Roman Dutch law, SCA judges, Sectors, Special pleas, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics |

Mohamed v Jassiem When assessing arguments defending defamatory statements does the court consider community recognition as segment of society? “Whether in a given situation a distinctive community group which forms part...

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Foreseeing contractual performance: Various scenarios

Right to privacy: Scope and application

Stigma damages considered: Employer contractual duties

Repudiating employment contract: Wide or narrow sense?

Defending defamatory statements: Onus and privilege