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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National Prosecuting Authority: Declaratory orders granted
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Unilateral salary deductions: PSA s38(2)(b)(i) invalid
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Ubuntu complications terms: Unintended consequences
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Customer abusive language: EEA harassment appeal
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State organs review: Legality principle
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Student protest action: Biowatch principle on costs
Student protest action: The Constitutional Court granted leave to appeal and upheld the appeal of three students who had been ordered to pay legal costs by Lowe J in the high court. Various fundamental rights were considered, including freedom of expression,...
Audi alteram partem rule: As applied to dismissals
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Common law development: Once and for all rule
MEC: Health and Social Development, Gauteng v DZ obo WZ The majority in the constitutional court considered common law development and differed from Jafta J’s view that the common law already provides for the payment of damages in instalments. "Apart from the case of...
Business restructuring exercise: Dislocated employee new post
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Breach of PAJA: FAISA debarment no delictual claim
A breach of PAJA does not provide a delictual cause of action or remedy if its provisions are not complied with in general or relating to procedural fairness in particular. Odifin (Pty) Ltd v Reynecke (906/2016) [2017] ZASCA 115 (21 September 2017)....