Landmark Judgments
Access the landmark judgments of South Africa immediately. On the page below are the judgments that we believe break new ground or contribute significantly to the development of the understanding and appreciation of the law. These are the landmark judgments in the topics that we monitor and are listed in chronological order. We use our years of knowledge and experience to pick out those judgments that we believe are landmark judgments. Every interested person should have at least read our understanding of these landmark judgments.
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Remedial action: Reviewed and set aside
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Minister fails to meet jurisdictional pre-requisites
Labour court reviewed and invalidated the Minister's decision to extend bargaining council administration agreement to non-parties because she failed to comply with LRA s 32(3), 32(5) read with s 32(1) and could not reasonably have been satisfied that the...
Trade union rivalry: Validity of threshold agreements
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Malicious prosecution issues: Jurisdiction and prescription
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Preserving information application: Norwich Pharmacal relief granted
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Impeachment procedure: Valid ground required
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Binding Public Protector’s report: Implementation order
Binding Public Protector's report: Remedial action in the Public Protectors' Report 6/2016/7 dated 14 October 2016 declared binding and President directed to appoint a commission of inquiry within 30 days headed by a judge solely selected by the Chief...
Land dispossession: When is restitution appropriate
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