Draft Legislation
A list of draft and Parliamentary Bills gazetted/tabled during 2024 as well as Bills approved by Cabinet. The list currently refers to the following Bills:
Events Calendar
A list of events and courses on legal matters in South Africa, including webinars, seminars, conferences and training for 2024. Read more here.
Attorney Alert: 15 January 2024
Included in this week's edition are references to journal articles published in the latest issues of Obiter and South African Journal of Bioethics and Law such as:
Barrie, George. The introduction of “free, prior and informed consent” to the land reform legal lexicon: Baleni v Minister of Mineral Resources 2019 (2) SA 453 (GP). – 2023 44(4) Obiter p900
Van As, Hendrik J. Do municipalities have the power to regulate the keeping of “dangerous” dogs? – 2023 44(4) Obiter p858
Also featured are references to several cases from the Supreme Court of Appeal, High Court and Competition Appeal Court including:
Employment and Labour Law Alert: 15 January 2024
Included in Monday's edition are references to 2024 labour law-related events and the following judgments:
Insurance Law Alert: 16 January 2024
This week's publication contains references to the following judgments:
Also included is the following journal article:
McQuoid-Mason, D. Is there a legal and ethical duty on doctors to inform patients of the likely co-payment costs should they be treated by practitioners who have contracted out of medical scheme rates? – 2023 16(3) South African Journal of Bioethics and Law p84
Health Law Alert: 17 January 2024
Wednesday's edition includes the following journal articles:
Mahomed, S. Three to one – An ethicolegal outline of mitochondrial donation in the South African context. – 2023 16(3) South African Journal of Bioethics and Law p95
McQuoid-Mason, D. Is there a legal and ethical duty on doctors to inform patients of the likely co-payment costs should they be treated by practitioners who have contracted out of medical scheme rates? – 2023 16(3) South African Journal of Bioethics and Law p84
Thaldar, D.W. A golden opportunity for South Africa to legislate on human heritable genome editing. – 2023 16(3) South African Journal of Bioethics and Law p91
Energy Law Alert: 18 January 2024
This week's issue contains a reference to the following Government Gazette notice:
Government Immovable Asset Management Act 19 of 2007. Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Regulations. – GN4252 GG 50007 p3 17Jan2024
Also included are the following judgments:
Law Practice Management Alert: December 2023
The Law Practice Management Alert refers to resources on business and managerial information tailored specifically for law firms and their support teams.
The articles below provide a preview of the content you can expect from this unique monthly newsletter:
Cullwick, Andy. Going soft: The ‘durable’ skills you need to keep your customers happy. – 2023 Dec 15 Legal Futures
Iqbal, Uwais. From knowledge management to intelligence engineering: practical approach to building AI inside the law-firm using open-source large language models. – In: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Assistance for Legal Professionals in the Digital Workplace (LegalAIIA 2023), held in conjunction with ICAIL 2023, June 19, 2023, Braga, Portugal. View here.
Musgrave, Emma. Getting behind the ‘kindness in law’ movement. – 2023 Dec 29 Lawyers Weekly
Rogozinski “Roko”, Melissa. How to use client personas to develop a content strategy. – 2023 Dec 13 Legal Business World
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Published: 19 January 2024
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