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Legal Insights: Updates from 17-21 February 2025

The Lexinfo Team
Feb 214 min read

Key highlights in this week's edition include the recent Government Gazette notices announcing an increase in annual fees in terms of the Legal Practice Act, draft amendments to the Regulations for the Protection of Wild Abalone, 2008, and calls for comment on the Council for Medical Schemes' Low-Cost Benefit Options Report. Additionally, this edition features insightful articles on prevailing judgments and new book announcements.


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EVENTS CALENDAR 2025

A list of events and courses on legal matters in South Africa, including webinars, seminars, conferences and training sessions is available to read here.

ATTORNEY ALERT: 17 FEBRUARY 2025

This week’s edition includes references to journal articles published in the latest editions of

Constitutional Court Review, Journal of Comparative Law in Africa, Journal of Financial

Crime and Obiter. It also features news on the following new titles:

  • Devenish, G. Devenish on Interpretation - Vol 2: Constitutional Interpretation. – Juta, 2025.

  • Juta’s Indirect Tax, 2025. – Juta, 2025.

  • Mahony, DP. Meetings: Laws Rules Procedures and Suggestions. – Juta, 2025.

·        SAIT Compendium of Tax Legislation 2025. – Juta, 2025.

 

The following Supreme Court of Appeal judgments are also referred to:

 

Other highlights from this issue include the following Government Gazette notices:

 

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW ALERT: 17 FEBRUARY 2025

Monday’s edition contains a reference to the latest Labour Appeal Court judgment:

 

The following journal article is featured:

  • Ramji, Bhavna; Sibiya, Siphesihle and Ramji, Himal. Tracing the historical development of employers’ legal remedies against strike action: Derivative misconduct, interdicts and dismissal by common purpose. – 2024 (14) Constitutional Court Review p207

 

Also included are references to various recent Labour Court judgments, such as:


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INSURANCE LAW ALERT: 18 FEBRUARY 2025

Tuesday’s edition features the following Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee

ruling:

 

A call for public comment on the Council for Medical Schemes’ Low-Cost Benefit Options Report has been published in the Government Gazette.

 

The following law firm article regarding a recent High Court judgment is included:

 

This edition also contains the following Pension Funds Adjudicator Determination:


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HEALTH LAW ALERT: 19 FEBRUARY 2025

The latest edition features the following Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee

ruling:

 

A call for public comment on the Council for Medical Schemes’ Low-Cost Benefit Options Report has been published in the Government Gazette.

 

The following law firm articles are also included:

ENERGY LAW ALERT: 20 FEBRUARY 2025

Yesterday’s edition features the following journal article:

 

Also included are the following media comments regarding recent High Court judgments:

 

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Image design: Daniélle Geldenhuys

Date posted: 21 February 2025


 
 
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