02/07/2025 Bertus Preller Abuse of Process, Adversarial Legal System, Costs, Divorce, Family Law Court System South Africa, Procedural Law, Procedure, Punitive Cost Orders, Rule 30A, Uniform Form Rules of Court Afrocentrics case, attorney costs orders, Bloem case, civil procedure, condonation applications, court deadlines, court rules compliance, de bonis propriis costs, Family Court, family law proceedings, Helen Suzman Foundation case, High Court Johannesburg, late filing affidavits, legal practitioner conduct, litigation management, motion proceedings, Multi-Links case, Parental Responsibilities, Procedural irregularities, procedural non-compliance, professional conduct, Rule 27, Rule 28, Rule 30A, Rule 6, South African Law, supplementary affidavits, Uniform Rules of Court When Procedure Trumps Substance: Dissecting Rule 30A Non-Compliance in N.S v A.D (2022/257) [2025] ZAGPJHC 632 (20 June 2025). Factual Background: A Tale of Procedural Non-Compliance in Family Law Proceedings The factual matrix in N.S v A.D presents a striking illustration of how procedural non-compliance can derail even the… READ MORE
15/01/2024 Bertus Preller Adversarial Legal System, Costs, Divorce, Hostile Family Lawyers attorney fees, client interests, cost orders, court discretion, divorce proceedings, electronic adjudication, emotional considerations, family law complexities, financial considerations, judicial efficiency, judicial resources, Legal Ethics, legal practice implications, legal practitioner conduct, professional diligence, request for reasons, South African Family Law A Crucial Judgement for Family Law Practitioners: Insights from a Non-Family Law Case: A Critical Analysis of Recent South African Case Law on Legal Practitioner Conduct and Cost Orders. – Strydom and Another v Coomans and Others (M533/2021) [2024] ZANWHC 6 (8 January 2024) In November 2023, the court was presented with a request for reasons pertaining to a judgement made on the 16th of November 2023. This judgement had dismissed an application for… READ MORE