31/05/2026 Bertus Preller Conflict of Interest, Eviction, In Community of Property, Joinder, Joinder of convenience, Locus Standi, LPC Code of Conduct, LPC Code of Conduct, PIE ACT, Plascon Evans Rule, Prevention of Illegal Eviction Act, Section 17 Matrimonial Property Act, Spousal Eviction Absa Bank v Naude, clause 3.9 legal practitioners, conflict of interest attorney, customary marriage community of property, direct and substantial interest, dispute of fact motion proceedings, Gordon v Department of Health, joinder of convenience, joint estate litigation, locus standi eviction, LPC Code of Conduct, Matjhabeng Local Municipality, N.C.M.W v P.S.K, necessary joinder, oral evidence referral, person in charge PIE, PIE Act eviction, Plascon-Evans rule, Prevention of Illegal Eviction Act, Room Hire Co, Rule 6(5)(g) referral, section 17 Matrimonial Property Act, spousal consent litigation, spousal joinder eviction, universal partnership co-ownership, unlawful occupier, Western Cape High Court eviction, Wightman v Headfour, ZAWCHC 272 Eviction by One Spouse, Joinder of the Other, and the Conflict Trap: Lessons from N.C.M.W v P.S.K and Others (2025/218300) [2026] ZAWCHC 272 (29 May 2026). A recent judgment of the Western Cape Division, N.C.M.W v P.S.K and Others (2025/218300) ZAWCHC 272 (29 May 2026), is a useful teaching case. On its face it is a… 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