November 2022 - Herold Gie

Nov 21

What happens to children’s maintenance claims when they reach adulthood and are still dependent on their divorced parents.

By HGAdmin Family and Matrimonial

If adult dependent children must bring maintenance claims on their own behalf when their parents’ divorce, the court of appeal warns of “unthinkable emotional consequences.” A divorce action was paused…

Nov 04

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Social Media Misconduct: The Grey Area of Reputational Harm

By HGAdmin Employment and Labour Law

Every employee has the right not to be unfairly dismissed. Since the overall fairness of a dismissal embraces both substantive and procedural elements, a dismissal will be unfair if the…

Nov 03

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Diversifying compassionate leave policies in South Africa

By HGAdmin Employment and Labour Law

Compassionate leave is not specifically provided for in our legislation as a standalone leave entitlement but is contained within the concept of “family responsibility leave” and is granted to those…