Our team is representing SAPP, the electrical energy co-operation in Southern Africa, under the auspices of the SADC

Introducing CDH's Corporate and White Collar Investigations Services Offering

CDH's Corporate & White Collar Investigations sector provides an internationally aligned standard of corporate investigations and advisory services.

Blowing the whistle: Informant reform in South Africa

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has promised greater protection for whistleblowers in South Africa, with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development releasing a discussion paper on proposed reform and opening recommendations for public comment.

How ‘appealing’ is an automatic right of appeal to the next highest court

An appeal involves an application to a higher court for the reversal of a decision of a lower court. For a court’s decision to be suspended pending the outcome of an automatic appeal, it is important to know which court is competent to hear the appeal and overrule the current decision of the court, and which would thereby be known as the next highest court.

Special Edition Alert | Budget Speech 2024

The discretion of a commissioner to dismiss a matter and the amended CCMA rules

Section 138(5)(a) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA) provides a commissioner with the power and discretion to dismiss a matter in instances where the referring party fails to appear for the arbitration. In 2021, the Labour Court in Solomons v Food Lovers Market, Kempton Park (JR99/2021) diluted a commissioner’s power to dismiss a matter in these circumstances.

Vicarious liability claims arising out of sexual harassment and the passage of time

The High Court recently emphasised the impact of prescription on a claim for vicarious liability arising out of sexual harassment in LM and South African Broadcasting Corporation . (2024) 45 ILJ 189(GJ)