Legalbrief
  Subscriber login (email address):
Tue 09 February 2010

Advanced Search

Home Pages

Legalbrief Today
Legalbrief Judgments
Legalbrief Africa
eLaw & Management
Legalbrief Forensic
Legalbrief Environmental

For Your Info

About Legalbrief
Vision & Mission
Quotations & Subscriptions
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Terms & Conditions

Specialist Sections

Financial Supplement
Legal Links
Events Calendar










This site is updated Monday to Friday by 9.00am
  
Latest Law News
Magistrate, senior prosecutor on corruption charges
In what is described by Beeld as a 'black day for officers of the law', it reports that a Regional Court Magistrate, senior prosecutor, attorney and several police officers have appeared in court on charges ranging from corruption to rape and murder.

South Africa
Chief Magistrate slammed for 'advocating lawlessness'
Gauteng's Chief Magistrate Daniel Thulare is to be referred to the Magistrates' Commission for saying drivers can drive without a licence, the Transport Ministry said yesterday, according to a report on the News24 site.

D-day missed for filing of papers on spy's Selebi testimony
The State Security Ministry failed to file papers in the Constitutional Court yesterday to support its bid to prevent an ex-intelligence official from testifying in the Jackie Selebi corruption trial.

Acquittal of Peter Marais upheld [L]
Former Western Cape premier Peter Marais has been cleared of all the corruption charges that had landed his former environment MEC a five-year prison sentence.

Violent crime and poverty not linked - study [L]
High levels of violent crime were not linked to poverty levels in municipalities across the country, a SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) study has found.

Union to fight DA bid to make teaching an essential service [L]
A DA proposal that teaching be declared an essential service, making strikes by teachers illegal, has come under fire from teachers' union Sadtu.

Tough anti-stalking Bill tabled [L]
Anti-stalking legislation has made it to Parliament with the tabling of the Protection from Harassment Bill in the National Assembly.

Xolobeni mining decision postponed [L]
Arrest in connection with medical waste dumping [L]
Nedbank action may place other SSF activities under scrutiny [L]
Police Ministry urged to tackle forensics backlog [L]
Medical scheme executive resigns [L]
Ministers still not answering parliamentary questions [L]
Salvage ruling spells out duty of public authority [L]
Deadline extended for nominations for judicial vacancies [L]
Firearms destroyed in Durban [L]
First Uranium has licence withdrawn over infringement [L]
Alexander Forbes makes 'substantial' offer over R950m claim [L]
Warning to provisional taxpayers over new rules [L]
Orange suspended over unpaid claims [L]
NPA urged to probe drug cases struck from roll [L]
R36m to be paid by April [L]
How to save our municipalities [L]
Political wrangle over MCM [L]
City ordered to help evicted residents to pay future rents [L]
Woman loses eviction case - lawyers to pay costs [L]
King's non-attendance breaks his own code [L]
Hlophe explains criticism of fellow judge as 'privileged' [L]
BAE fine signals end of arms deal probe [L]

Today's Analysis
Muslim Marriages Bill allows two systems to act in parallel
The Muslim Marriages Bill seeks to find a way of accommodating - within the framework of the rationalist and humanist Constitution of SA - a worldview that is rooted in unquestioning submission to the dictates of religious faith, says a Weekend Argus report.


Africa
Bennett trial delayed by strike
The trial of Zimbabwe opposition politician Roy Bennett was postponed indefinitely yesterday as court workers joined a wage strike by government employees, which began on Friday, says an SABC News report.

Libyan court acquits Swiss businessman
Guinea assassination attempt: accused ready for trial
Taylor's son ordered to pay torture damages
Genocide suspect denied asylum in Canada
Togo attack relatives sue CAF
Victory for Kenyan anti-abortion lobbyists
Court orders review of genocide charges against al-Bashir

World
Military malpractice in Iraq should be probed - UK judge
A report in The Independent notes that UK Ministers have been advised by a senior judge to consider opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against the British Army.

Michael Jackson's doctor charged
Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.

Exiled Russian billionaire begins libel battle
Plans for UK Bill of Rights fraught
Murderer's appeal falls foul of his own lawyer
Revision of Google book search settlement urged
UK rushing to stop terror suspects reclaiming funds
Coroner demands review of EU recognition of doctors
Former US banks bosses face civil action
Relatives charged with burying girl alive

In the Courts
Interference with Yengeni docket 'out of line' [L]
Sangoma on murder charge after hunting dogs feed on intruder [L]
'Advocate Barbie' should not face jail time - criminologist [L]
Church provided only option for children, court told [L]
Man guilty of killing partner
Mum testifies against alleged rapist of son (9) [L]
Men sentenced for murder in plea arrangement [L]
Husband to stand trial for murder of wife [L]
Ricky Januarie off the hook [L]
Charges against Sifiso Zulu provisionally withdrawn [L]
Court told policeman's transfer is unfair labour practice [L]
Alleged drug mule granted bail
Britons have drug-dealing sentences cut on appeal
Five plead not guilty murder of Khoza and family
Second bail application in arson case
Bail granted to man who allegedly beat lover with hammer
Judgment reserved over boat ownership following murder of builder
Absa employees in R1.38m bank fraud case
Medical aid scheme opposes claims following suspension [L]
Jurisdiction of drop-out student case questioned [L]


  

Legalbrief Today Links
About Legalbrief Today
News Categories
Newsletter Archives
Quotations and Subscriptions
Judgments listed by Court

Not a Subscriber?
REGISTER for a FREE trial subscription

Latest Legal Vacancies

Director of Legal Services and Secretariat
Location: Cape Town

Professor in Commercial Law
Location: University of the Witwatersrand

Receptionist / Office Manager at SERI
Location: Johannesburg

SEE YOUR JOB ADVERT HERE. Email Mignon Hardie for rates and placement options.


Register for a free subscription to Legalbrief AFRICA, sponsored by the International Bar Association


Special Pages
Debate: Should racially exclusive organisations be allowed?
The Hlophe Debate
The Judging Judges Debate
The Affirmative Action Debate
The Hlophe Saga: Step by Step
The Judicial Amendment Bills
The Judiciary Under Siege?


News Feed

 Legalbrief Today

Parliamentary Diary
Parliamentary diary for the week beginning 8 February
In an abbreviated week in Parliament - the President's state-of-the-nation address marks the official opening on Thursday and normal business resumes on Monday, 15 February - the Standing Committee on Appropriations (National Assembly) wrestles with the provisions of section 15 of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts continues its hearings on the annual reports and financial statements of various departments.


Read the latest issue of LEGALBRIEF TODAY



Juta Statute Bulletin
Juta's Weekly Statutes Bulletin 5 of 2010

In Brief
"Here is the headline, and other brief reports ..."