by Hartzenberg Inc | Sep 16, 2020 | Labour law
At the end of March 2020, the President of South Africa announced the nationwide lockdown, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This announcement had a severe negative impact on South Africa’s economy and accordingly also on all businesses and employers in...
by Hartzenberg Inc | May 4, 2018 | Criminal law, Estates, trusts and estate planning, Family law
In 2015, Robert James Stransham-Ford applied to court for an order to allow a medical practitioner to administer a lethal agent and end his life. As part of this order, Stransham-Ford wanted the practitioner to be immune from any civil or criminal liability for this...
by Hartzenberg Inc | Jul 29, 2017 | Labour law
The Labour Relations Act 1995 (LRA) gives workers important rights and protections, such as protection against unfair dismissal, the possibility of reinstatement, and the right to unionise and take part in collective bargaining. The worker’s direct employer is...
by Hartzenberg Inc | Jan 27, 2017 | Estates, trusts and estate planning, Family law
Would-be parents must share some genetic link with the child if they want to use a surrogate mother, the Constitutional Court has confirmed. In November last year, the Constitutional Court had to make a decision on whether infertile would-be parents could enter into...
