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A recent Constitutional Court judgment has clarified the questions regarding the role of fairness and the public policy grounds upon which a court may refuse to enforce contractual terms.

Heterosexual couples intending to get married in South Africa today can choose to marry either in terms of the Marriages Act or the Civil Unions Act.

When it comes to corporate insolvency, few provisions have sparked as much legal and constitutional debate as Section 417 read with Section 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973.

On 16 June 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa referred the proposed Copyright and Performers' Protection Amendment Bills back to the National Assembly for re-consideration.

A South African court has ruled that the International Air Services Council cannot impose race-based B-BBEE requirements on airlines applying for international route licenses.

In this matter Rafiki Microfinance Bank Limited, the Respondent, used an image of Mutuku Matingi, the petitioner, on its pamphlets in the promotion of its credit or financing facility, "Get a boda"...

Transparency, when used as an important principle in constitutional law, is used as a tool to support accountability and good governance.

Metrorail is the largest operator of commuter rail services in South Africa, with millions of individuals commuting every day.

This question concerns the jurisdiction of the Labour Court to determine disputes arising from section 34 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA).

A Constitutional Court decision has clarified a critical procedural question in South African administrative law: whether respondents can raise dispositive legal objections before producing the Rule 53 record in review proceedings. The ruling addresses the tension between an applicant's right to supplement their case after receiving the administrative record and a respondent's ability to challenge the review on purely legal grounds at an early stage.

Section 34 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936, as amended ("the Act") requires a trader who, (in terms of a contract), transfers any business belonging to him, or the goodwill of such business or any goods or property forming part thereof (except in the ordinary course of that business or for securing the payment of a debt), to advertise the proposed transfer in the manner specified in the section.

On 28 February 2022, the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in National Education Health and Allied Workers Union v Minister of Public Service and Administration and Others ...

The Constitutional Court has delivered a useful judgment for municipalities, organs of state, and private service providers involved in outsourcing and insourcing arrangements.

Section 197 of South Africa's Labour Relations Act, 1995 ("LRA") provides that, if there is a transfer of a business as a going concern, the contracts of employment between the transferor...

Section 7(3) of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 provides a mechanism for the redistribution of assets upon divorce for marriages entered into before the Matrimonial Property Act of 1984.

On 3 October 2025, the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous ruling in Van Wyk v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others, confirming that South Africa's statutory four months and 10 days of parental leave may be shared between both parents.

The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA"), in NAD Property Income Fund v Bushbuckridge Municipality, delivered a judgment on Thursday 4 December 2025 concerning the power...