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Playing Hide and Seek with Assets? High Court Says ‘Game Over!’ – D.M v D.M (2021 043212) [2025] ZAGPJHC 31 (28 January 2025).

The Novel Question: When Must a Spouse Comply with a Section 7 Notice? When it comes to financial disclosure in divorce proceedings, some spouses treat their assets like a magician's…

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Best Interests of Children Triumph Over Expert Recommendations: D.R v N.M and Another (3358/24) [2025] ZAWCHC 12 (23 January 2025).

Introduction: A Modern Family's Legal Journey in the Western Cape High Court In a landmark judgment delivered electronically on 23 January 2025, the Western Cape High Court grappled with complex…

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Guardianship and Relocation Disputes in Focus: LR J and Another; In Re: JB J v EH B and Others (2024-024281) [2025] ZAGPJHC 11 (14 January 2025.

Introduction to the Case: Background and Legal Context The case LR J and Another; In Re: JB J v EH B and Others (2024-024281) ZAGPJHC 11 (14 January 2025) highlights…

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When Time is Not on Your Side: Supreme Court Issues Urgent Warning on Hague Convention Delays in N M v Central Authority for Republic of South Africa and Another [2024] ZASCA 178 (19 December 2024).

Introduction: A Child's Journey Between Two Continents The Supreme Court of Appeal recently delivered a landmark judgment in N M v Central Authority for Republic of South Africa and Another…

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No Easy Path to Rescind Divorce Orders: Western Cape High Court’s Ruling in MMS v LES (5910/2019) [2024] ZAWCHC (19 December 2024).

Court Finds No Grounds for Rescission of Divorce Order Despite Claims of Undue Influence In an important judgment delivered by Acting Judge Mapongwana in the Western Cape Division of the…

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Selling the Family Home? Court Protects Children’s Rights to Shelter in Ruling: MSH v JSH (Reasons) (618/2019) [2024] ZAWCHC 406 (29 November 2024).

Background: The Sale of the Matrimonial Home and Rule 43 Variation In a recent Western Cape High Court decision, M.S.H v J.S.H (Reasons) (618/2019) ZAWCHC 406 (29 November 2024), the…

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Islamic Marriage Property Rights: High Court Champions Equal Division in K.A v A.E and Another (15857/24) [2024] ZAWCHC 392 (27 November 2024).

Background: From Islamic Marriage to Property Dispute The Western Cape High Court recently grappled with a property division dispute stemming from a dissolved Islamic marriage in K.A v A.E and…

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From R1.5 Million to R1000: How a Divorce Property Sale Went Terribly Wrong – M.R.M v M.F.M and Others (M614/2023) [2024] ZANWHC 289 (26 November 2024).

In what could be dubbed "The Case of the Thousand Rand Mansion," the North West High Court recently had to grapple with a property sale that would make any estate…

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When Power Moves Meet Parental Rights: High Court Pulls the Plug on Dad’s Custody Settlement in ZDE v CE (1011/2022) [2024] ZASCA 159. (18 November 2024).

Background to the Matter Picture this: the corridors of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, where legal dramas unfold with the regularity of load-shedding schedules. But this time, the…

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Defamation Disaster: From Love at Sea to Legal Storm – Court Awards R665K in G.C v J.C and Others (14205/2014) [2024] ZAWCHC 354.

Background: From Marriage to Malicious Charges In what reads like a script from a dramatic courtroom series, the tale of an Italian cruise ship head waiter and a South African…

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