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Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) – is your company PAIA compliant?

by Sean Slabber | 23 Oct, 2015 | Insights

Is your company required to provide a manual  in terms of Section 51 of PAIA? The Minister has exempted all private companies from providing PAIA manuals, unless that company falls within one of the specified companies. This exemption is however only valid until 31...

Australian Court imposes penalty for false or misleading claims by Homeopathy practitioner

by Sean Slabber | 22 Oct, 2015 | Insights

The Australian federal Court has ordered the company Homeopathy Plus to pay penalties of $115,000 and its director, Frances Sheffield, to pay $23,000 for making false or misleading representations about the effectiveness of the whooping cough vaccine and homeopathic...

New legislation to make South African mine dumps and stockpiles more environmentally friendly

by Sean Slabber | 21 Oct, 2015 | Insights

Mining waste is no longer regulated by the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act and instead finds itself more appropriately under the National Environmental Management Waste Act. Under the new legislation, a waste management licence is necessary in order to...

The use of replacement labour during protected strikes – SACCAWU V SUN INTERNATIONAL

by Sean Slabber | 20 Oct, 2015 | Insights

Trade Union SACCAWU(the Applicant) sought an order against Sun International (S.I,.) on the following terms: Declaring S.I.’s unlimited duration lock out is not in response to strike action; Interdicting and restraining the S.I from employing replacement labour...

FWB Director attends annual meeting of the International Bar Association in Austria

by Sean Slabber | 19 Oct, 2015 | Insights

Melanie Kilian of Fairbridges Wertheim Becker attended the annual meeting of the International Bar Association (IBA) in Vienna, Austria in October 2015. Over 6000 attorney delegates from all over the world attended the proceedings where the focus this year was on...

Full transcripts of JSC interviews available here

by Sean Slabber | 16 Oct, 2015 | Insights

Last week the Judicial Service Commission (the JSC) interviewed candidates for various judiciary positions in the High Courts of South Africa. If you’ve missed the media reports, you can find the full transcript of each interview here.
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