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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.