10/09/2024 Bertus Preller Wills contested will, estate planning, executor duties, expert testimony, family dispute, inheritance, legal precedent, mental capacity, morphine effects, pancreatic cancer, South African Law, testamentary capacity, undue influence, Wills Act Family Fortune Fracas: M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) [2024] ZAGPPHC 862 (26 August 2024) Reshapes South African Will Law. Background: A Family Feud over a Contested Will The case of M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) ZAGPPHC 862 unfolds as a gripping family saga centred on… READ MORE
09/09/2024 Bertus Preller Arrears, Children, Contempt of Court, Divorce, Maintenance, Procedural Law, Procedure, Punitive Cost Orders, Recission of Divorce Orders, Settlement agreements, Urgency attorney-client costs, best interests of the child, child adoption, consent paper, court order, custody, Divorce, Family Law, High Court, mental capacity, Parental Rights, punitive costs, rescission, settlement agreement, South African Law Mental Capacity and Punitive Costs: The Cautionary Tale of C.H v A.C and Others (13612/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 245. (4 September 2024) Background: A Tumultuous Divorce and Custody Battle The case of C.H v A.C and Others (13612/2024) ZAWCHC 245 unfolds against a backdrop of protracted legal skirmishes following the breakdown of… READ MORE