01/11/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Children, Contribution towards costs divorce, Costs, Divorce, Duty to maintain, Equality of arms divorce, Financial disclosure divorce, Financial non-disclosure, Forensic accountant divorce costs, Interim relief divorce, Maintenance, Maintenance pendente lite, Non-disclosure consequences, Procedural Law, Rule 43, Rule 43 Applications, Rule 43 Cost Contributions, Rule 43 orders, Spousal Maintenance accrual claim divorce, adverse inference non-disclosure, AF v MF, C.G.S v J.H.S, Cary v Cary, contribution towards costs divorce, costs reserved divorce, Divorce Act section 7(2), duty of support spouses, equality of arms divorce, family law South Africa, financial disclosure divorce, forensic accountant divorce costs, H v H 2023, industrial psychologist divorce, interim relief divorce, maintenance pendente lite, Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984, Northern Cape High Court Rule 43, POPIA divorce disclosure, Rule 43 Application, Rule 43 contribution to costs, Rule 43(6) further contribution, senior counsel divorce costs, sole shareholder company divorce, spousal maintenance South Africa, Stanton J, Van Rippen v Rippen, ZANCHC 92 Equality of Arms in Rule 43: Northern Cape High Court Rejects the R25,000 First-Day-of-Trial Practice for a Contribution to Costs: C.G.S v J.H.S (2026-133005) [2026] ZANCHC 92 (30 October 2026). This case concerns a Rule 43 application in the Northern Cape Division in which the only issue left for decision was the quantum of a husband's contribution towards his wife's… READ MORE
21/09/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Appeal, Appealability, Costs, Costs de bonis propriis, Divorce, Leave to appeal Superior Courts Act, Maintenance Court, Pendente Lite, Rule 43 Appeal, Rule 43 Contempt, Rule 43 Cost Contributions, Rule 43 orders, Spousal Maintenance AF v MF, AG v LG, Attorney and Client Costs, BE v NT SCA, contribution towards costs, costs de bonis propriis, curator ad litem, Dicker NO v SJVDW, EB v CB Free State, family law South Africa, hopeless application costs, interim relief divorce, leave to appeal Rule 43, maintenance pendente lite, Pangarker J, past legal costs Rule 43, postponement Rule 43, Practice Directive 45B, refusal of postponement appealable, RM v AM, Rule 43, Rule 43 appeal, Rule 43(1)(b), Rule 43(6) variation, Rule 58 Magistrates Court, S v S Constitutional Court, section 16(3) Superior Courts Act, section 173 Constitution, Western Cape High Court Rule 43 Orders Cannot Be Appealed, and Persisting Costs the Attorney: Dicker NO v S.J.V.D.W (Leave to Appeal) (2026/006447) [2026] ZAWCHC 482 (7 September 2026). The Western Cape Division has once again been called upon to restate what ought by now to be trite in every family law practice in the country: orders granted in… READ MORE