25/10/2026 Bertus Preller Alter ego trust, Discretionary family trust, Discretionary trust, Discretionary Trust Divorce South Africa, Divorce, Former spouse, trust beneficiary, Joinder of trustees, Section 13 Trust Property Control Act, Trust beneficiary divorce, Trust joinder divorce, Trust Property Control Act 57 of 1988, Trusts, Trusts alter ego, alternative remedy, anti-dissipation interdict, balance of convenience, company assets divorce, contempt of court order, contingent claim, Die Dros v Telefon Beverages, divorce litigation South Africa, EB v ER, ex parte reconsideration, family trust divorce, freezing order, Gauteng High Court Johannesburg, interim interdict, irreparable harm, KG v Minister of Home Affairs, Knox D'Arcy v Jamieson, out of community of property without accrual, piercing the corporate veil, preservation order, prima facie right, redistribution of assets, Rule 43 financial disclosure, Rule 43 maintenance, S.M v J.M, section 7(3) Divorce Act, section 7(5) Divorce Act, trust resolution independent trustee Freezing the Trust and the Company: Why a Section 7(3) Redistribution Claim Did Not Found a Preservation Order Against Separate Legal Entities in T.J.R v S.L.R and Others (2026-000369) [2026] ZAGPJHC 1181 (8 October 2026). This case concerns a wife, married out of community of property without accrual, who sought interim preservation orders over assets held by a family trust and a company controlled by… READ MORE
03/10/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Best Interests of the Child, Care and Contact, Child Maintenance, Childcare Expert, Children, Children's matters South Africa, Civil contempt South Africa, Contact Rights, Contempt of Court, Costs, Curator Ad Litem, Divorce, Forensic psychologist mandate, Hired Gun Expert, Maintenance, Parental rights and responsibilities, Pendente Lite, Primary Residence, Primary residence dispute, Rule 43, Rule 43 Applications, Rule 43 Contempt, Rule 43 orders, Unlawful retention of a child, Urgency, Urgent applications, Variation Rule 43(6) best interests of the child, breach of court order, child abuse allegations, Children’s Act 38 of 2005, Contact rights, court-appointed expert, curator ad litem, divorce litigation, DTL v GB, expert bias, family advocate report, family law South Africa, forensic psychologist mandate, Gauteng High Court Johannesburg, hired gun expert, interim care and contact, parental alienation, parental rights and responsibilities, pendente lite order, primary care, primary residence, Rule 43 variation, Rule 43(6), Rule 67A(3), scale C costs, self-help, sheriff enforcement, unlawful retention of a child, Urgent Application Self-Help Never Pays: Unlawful Retention of a Child and the Limits of Rule 43(6) — L.C.E v C.E (2026/226362) [2026] ZAGPJHC 1070 (29 September 2026). Neutral Citation: E v E (2026-226362) ZAGPJHC --- (29 September 2026) The Facts: A Four-Year-Old Caught in the Crossfire of a Brutal Divorce The parties in L.C.E v C.E (2026/226362)… READ MORE
30/09/2025 Bertus Preller Alimony, Civil contempt South Africa, Contempt of Court, Costs, Maintenance, Procedural Law, Rule 43, Rule 43 Contempt, Rule 43 orders, Spousal Maintenance, Unaffordability defence, Variation Rule 43(6) affordability defence evidence, civil contempt South Africa, constitutional rights maintenance, contempt of court, contribution to legal costs, Equality of Arms, Fakie test contempt, financial disclosure requirements, Gauteng High Court Johannesburg, joint estate litigation, judicial integrity, late filing affidavits, maintenance arrears, mala fide conduct, procedural abuse family law, punitive costs order, Rule 43 proceedings, Rule 43(6) variation, section 10 dignity, section 34 access to justice, section 9 equality, spousal maintenance non-payment, suspended sentence contempt, T.F.C v B.J.C 2025, unaffordability defence, Uniform Rules of Court, warrant of arrest maintenance, wilful non-compliance, ZAGPJHC 956 When “I Cannot Afford It” Fails: Contempt, Constitutional Rights and Procedural Abuse in T.F.C v B.J.C (21300/2022) [2025] ZAGPJHC 956 (25 September 2025). From Rule 43 Relief to Repeated Refusal: The Factual Matrix of Mounting Non-Compliance The factual backdrop to this contempt application reveals a distressing pattern of deliberate defiance that began almost… READ MORE