by Hartzenberg Inc | Mar 25, 2020 | Criminal law, Family law, Municipal law
In terms of Section 27 of the Disaster Management Act, a national disaster was declared by the President. The Disaster Management Act provides for a national disaster to be declared if the existing legislation does not provide for the Government to deal effectively...
by Hartzenberg Inc | May 6, 2019 | Estates, trusts and estate planning, Family law
Ferdinand Hartzenberg has been nominated for the prestigious Spanish Princess of Asturias award advancing the first-ever shared custody ruling in an Arab country. Pretoria – Top Pretoria attorney Ferdinand Hartzenberg has been nominated for the prestigious...
by Hartzenberg Inc | Nov 13, 2018 | Estates, trusts and estate planning, Family law
A prolonged legal battle over who will inherit the asset of the late Springbok legend Joost van der Westhuizen has finally come to an end. Ferdinand Hartzenberg and Van der Westhuizen’s brother, Pieter, approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to have a will...
by Hartzenberg Inc | Jun 19, 2018 | Family law
“The school sold my lounge suite, microwave and fridge… it’s now threatening to sell my house too”. The household items of the parent who phoned the Equal Education Law Centre earlier this year had just been confiscated by debt collectors seeking to settle a R25,000...
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 | 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...
