The question whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor is one which the courts and CCMA have had to consider time and again over many years. The issue continues to crop
Since the commencement of the Consumer Protection Act, there have been some businesses who have stubbornly resisted compliance with its provisions, for example declaring as a shop policy that no refunds or returns
Almost any agreement you sign will conclude with a number of paragraphs, written in dense legalese, and often printed in very small letters. These concluding paragraphs are not only scarcely legible – they are scarcely
The Marikana miners injured and arrested in the violence last year have approached both the High Court and the Constitutional Court in recent days, seeking an order for interim funding of their legal
The extent to which South Africans of all races and genders are equally able to enter the attorneys’ profession has long been a matter of concern. The Justice Portfolio Committee of Parliament
Sitting in one of South Africa’s High Courts, one could be forgiven for wondering if one had been transported back in time and across the continents on hearing judges being addressed as “My