23/07/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Best Interests of the Child, Children, Cohabitation, Costs, Divorce, Financial non-disclosure, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Non-disclosure consequences, Procedural Law, Rule 43, Rule 43 Applications, Rule 43 Contempt, Rule 43 orders, Spousal Maintenance ability to pay, best interests of the child, child maintenance, Divorce Law, divorce proceedings, earning capacity, family law judgment, financial disclosure, financial non-disclosure, full and frank disclosure, H.L v B.L, inflated expenses, interim maintenance, interim relief, legal costs contribution, maintenance claim, Maintenance Order, maintenance pendente lite, marital standard of living, Minor Children, Njokweni J, Rule 43, Rule 43 Application, South African case law, South African Family Law, spousal maintenance, uberrima fides, Western Cape divorce, Western Cape High Court Candour, Children and the Limits of Interim Maintenance: H.L v B.L (2025/216979) [2026] ZAWCHC 350 (13 July 2026). The factual background and the parties’ competing claims In H.L v B.L (2025/216979) ZAWCHC 350 (13 July 2026), the Western Cape High Court was required to determine an application for… READ MORE
13/07/2025 Bertus Preller Alter ego trust, Divorce, Res judicata divorce, Stay of execution, Vexatious litigation abuse of process, alter ego trust, attorney own client costs, civil procedure divorce, CRW v LMW 2025, divorce enforcement, divorce law precedent, divorce trust ruling, family court Cape Town, family law trusts, Le Grange J, legal costs divorce, litigation misconduct, res judicata divorce, rescission of judgment, Rule 45A, Rule 46A, security for costs, South African case law, South African divorce law, stay of execution, trust abuse divorce, trust execution divorce, vexatious litigant South Africa, vexatious litigation, vexatious Proceedings Act, Western Cape High Court, ZAWCHC 279 Lawfare in the Divorce Courts: C.R.W v L.M.W and Another (12866/2014) [2025] ZAWCHC 279 (2 July 2025) Unmasks Vexatious Litigation and Trust Abuse. The Factual Backdrop: A Relentless Legal Battle Post-Divorce The saga in C.R.W v L.M.W and Another (12866/2014) ZAWCHC 279 (2 July 2025) represents one of the most protracted and acrimonious… READ MORE
09/01/2025 Bertus Preller Artificial Intelligence access to justice AI, AI court resources, AI hallucination loop, AI in legal practice, AI legal accuracy, AI legal ethics, AI legal hallucinations, AI risks in law, AI-generated case law, case law verification, ChatGPT legal errors, digital divide in legal tech, digital legal tools, domain-specific AI, ethical AI use, ethical duties lawyers, fake legal citations, law and AI integration, legal AI challenges, legal AI South Africa, legal AI tools, legal credibility risks, legal tech innovations, Mavundla case, phantom citations, South African case law, South African Law, verified legal datasets AI on Trial: The Mavundla Case and the Curious Case of Phantom Citations. The Dangerous Allure of AI-Generated Legal Citations: Understanding the Mavundla Case - Or How Not to Let ChatGPT Play Judge The recent judgment in Mavundla v MEC Department of Co-Operative… READ MORE