CARMEL RICKARD: A new kind of corporate responsibility?
International companies have voiced concerns over immigration policies that discriminate against same-sex couples in Hong Kong
CARMEL RICKARD: Has factional fallout reached Lesotho judiciary?
Lesotho’s fractious party politics would seem to be spilling over into the country’s judicial system
CARMEL RICKARD: Fuel for thought
A petrol attendant damaged a customer’s car by using the wrong fuel. Should he have been fired for not paying for a course to improve his skills?
CARMEL RICKARD: Environmental crime in the crosshairs
SA’s Green Scorpions would seem to punch well above their weight, if you consider the stats in the recent national environmental compliance report
CARMEL RICKARD: Where to draw the line on employee health?
What is an employer to do if a medical condition precludes a staffer from fulfilling her responsibilities?
CARMEL RICKARD: Window on environmental law
A recent training course in Stellenbosch for Sadc jurists provided insights into how the rest of the world implements environmental law
CARMEL RICKARD: Kenyan communications minister called to order
Ensuring the independence of key communications bodies from political interference is a widespread concern, as a recent Kenyan ruling shows
CARMEL RICKARD: Nigeria legal dispute runs out of gas
Nigeria is $9bn in hock to a gas-processing company after it was found to have reneged on the terms of a 20-year agreement
CARMEL RICKARD: Weak link in online law?
Does posting a hyperlink to a court judgment constitute publication of the ruling? A UK court says not – unless the ruling expressly prohibits this
CARMEL RICKARD: Not beyond the law
Successful contempt orders seem to be less rare than they once were, if two recent judgments are anything to go by
CARMEL RICKARD: A lesson in labour law
On matters of procedure, where an underlying right has not been infringed, subordinate agreements may trump the Labour Relations Act
CARMEL RICKARD: A question of jurisdiction in child rape cases
A comparison of two recent judgments on child rape cases raises concerns around judicial tradition in jurisdictions outside SA
CARMEL RICKARD: A legal honey pot
Litigants are buzzing around an Eastern Cape farm, with court action so far drawing in the land bank, land minister and potential buyers, among others
CARMEL RICKARD: Zim court dismisses gold-digger claim
A Zimbabwean businessperson has received short shrift from the country’s supreme court for dishonestly asserting entitlement to five mining claims
CARMEL RICKARD: International paper chase
A bank’s inability to serve documents on the embassy of a defaulting state borrower has been concentrating minds in Qatar, Eritrea and the UK
CARMEL RICKARD: Up in arms in vain
The labour appeal court has overturned a ruling that workers were unfairly dismissed for carrying weapons on the picket line
CARMEL RICKARD: Unravelling tender irregularities
The Namibian bench is blessed with a judge who not only issues wise rulings, but couches them in the language of the poets
CARMEL RICKARD: Glencore feels letter of the law
After misinterpreting a union letter, mining company Glencore unlawfully fired an employee, the labour appeals court has ruled
CARMEL RICKARD: Namibia’s failure of judgment
A new twist in Namibia’s long-running dispute over reinsurance legislation could curtail a senior judge’s legal ambitions
