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Confirming suspended sentence: Stringent conditions?

by GilesFiles | Feb 17, 2026 | 2020 onwards, Applications, Causes and defences, Contempt, Contractual breach, Costs, Costs awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Granted, High Court, High Court judges, Interdicts & rules, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Legal Practice, Legislation, Orders, Parties, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, State Owned Enterprises, Statutory, Topics, Transport & communication | 0 |

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Reasonable apprehension of bias: Not proved by employer

by GilesFiles | Oct 18, 2024 | 2020 onwards, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Causes and defences, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Disallowed, Evidence & onus, Fair procedure, Hearsay, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Legislation, LRA 1995, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trade | 0 |

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Unprotected personal information: Expression and privacy

by GilesFiles | Jan 10, 2022 | 2020 onwards, Allowed, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Costs, Courts, Delict, Dignity equality freedom, Evidence & onus, Exceptions/special pleas, Interpretation etc, Judges, Legal Practice, Orders, Parties, Personal Information, Personal services, Private enterprises, Roman Dutch law, SCA judges, Sectors, Special pleas, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics | 0 |

Smuts v Botha The issue concerned unprotected personal information and SCA allowed the appeal and decided that personal information was in the public domain before the posts were published and ownership of the farm was a matter...

Ensuring ethical behaviour: Racist Facebook post

by GilesFiles | Sep 13, 2021 | 2020 onwards, Agriculture, Awards -s145 see also Sidumo, Causes and defences, Conduct - gross, Conduct & capacity, Contractual breach, Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, Harass & bully, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Logistics, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Review tests, Risks, Sectors, Sidumo - see also awards s 145, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence | 0 |

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Racist Facebook post: During annual leave

by GilesFiles | Oct 11, 2019 | 2019, Conduct - gross, Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Review tests, Sectors, Sidumo - see also awards s 145, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence | 0 |

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Informational self-determination: GDPR and dignity or liberty

by GilesFiles | Apr 15, 2018 | Insights, Legislation, Personal Information | 0 |

The right to decide what to disclose about oneself is called by Germans informational self-determination according to an article by Hannah Kuchler, an FT correspondent in San Francisco, and published in the FT over the weekend:...

Facebook racial slur: Valid and fair reason to dismiss

by GilesFiles | Mar 16, 2018 | 2018, Anton Steenkamp, Central, Evidence & onus, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Review tests, Sectors, Termination (LRL 8) | 0 |

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Facebook photo post: Valid reason to discipline senior lecturer

by GilesFiles | Mar 20, 2017 | CCMA awards, Courts, Personal Information, Practices (LRL 9), Universities and schools, Warnings | 0 |

MH v Rhodes University (20 March 2017) [2017] 7 BALR 785; (2017) ILJ 2403 (CCMA) Headnote MH, a senior Rhodes University lecturer in computer science, posted a photo of a colleague on Facebook after a student posted a message to...

Social media: Valid reason to dismiss

by GilesFiles | Nov 1, 2015 | Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, CCMA awards, Consumer protection, Courts, Labour Relations, Termination (LRL 8), Topics | 0 |

It is reported that in a recent arbitral award an employee, who challenged her dismissal for posting comments about her employer on Facebook, was reinstated. She commented that she had been ‘retrenched’ without prior notice by...

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