Tag: legal ethics

High Court rules against two top judges

by GilesFiles | Sep 26, 2014 | 2014 and earlier, Causes and defences, Conduct - gross, Courts, High Court, Judges, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Termination (LRL 8) | 0 |

A full bench of the High Court in Gauteng refused late last week to grant the application brought by two justices of the Constitutional Court. In summary these are the main findings: The implementation or enforcement of new...

Adultery: Developing the common law

by GilesFiles | Aug 31, 2014 | 2014 and earlier, Causes and defences, Courts, Judges, Legal Practice, SCA judges, Supreme Court of Appeal, Topics | 2 |

Adultery ceased to be a criminal offence in South Africa about 100 years ago. But until now the aggrieved spouse has been able to base a claim for damages for ‘humiliation’ against the adulterer. This may be about to change...