CARMEL RICKARD: Unexpected justice for one man fighting banking Goliath
A case in North West proves that sometimes urban legends are real, and that ordinary people can get justice
CARMEL RICKARD: Pressure on judges to deliver decisions quickly
Justice delayed is justice denied — and now the country’s top judges want to have delinquents named and shamed
CARMEL RICKARD: Is Eskom xenophobic? Or is someone from Grindrod not telling the truth?
The power utility denies that it ‘banned’ foreign drivers from its Ankerlig site. The logistics company says it did. Who to believe?
CARMEL RICKARD: Slippery schemer finally runs out of wriggle room
It turns out that perpetrators of small-time fraud and corruption are just as slippery as the big timers — the presidents, ministers, drunken judges and ...
CARMEL RICKARD: Getting a fair shake
A JPMorgan employee set out to clear her name after being disciplined and dismissed for e-mailing ‘confidential’ company information to her home
CARMEL RICKARD: A real tax turkey
In a 2017 case, M learns the same hard lesson about the authorities’ interpretation of ‘accrual’ that Farmer Lategan did in 1920
CARMEL RICKARD: Rare win over graft
It took years for Saamwerk Saltworks to get justice in its fight against SA Saltworks, which was mining in the Northern Cape with a forged permit
CARMEL RICKARD: Procurement perils
Government entities have so often neglected to follow proper tender processes that the courts have already made several key judgments about it
CARMEL RICKARD: Trade secrets
Restraint of trade clauses aim to protect companies’ interests — but an over-broad formulation has left one company with no such protection at all
CARMEL RICKARD: It’s about intention
A case that had to decide the vital difference between ‘racial descriptors’ and ‘racist terms’ had to go all the way to the labour appeal court
CARMEL RICKARD: Keeping a cool head
Judge unravels odd case between Absa and department of labour, basically sorting out when an online application form may be regarded as sent
CARMEL RICKARD: Courts rule, ok?
Judges in SA and Kenya alike are showing the way when it comes to stamping on officials who are inefficient at best and corrupt at worst
CARMEL RICKARD: This is why Eastern Cape stays SA’s poorest province
An Eastern Cape treasury official was sacked for refusing to make payments for which there was no budget
JAMIE CARR: A bitter pill to swallow
Pharma companies caught between their obligation to shareholders and the moral duty to provide medicines at an affordable price
CARMEL RICKARD: How to pick a judge
In Zimbabwe, anyone may nominate a candidate for the position of chief justice — but not for long, if Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has his way, writes ...
CARMEL RICKARD: Mountainous amount
Rates had to be paid for the rest of the year, even the period after the business owner had sold and left the property, a municipality insisted
CARMEL RICKARD: Big Tobacco’s survival skills ...
Tobacco companies, like cockroaches, know it’s important to be able to adapt to changing conditions — as was shown by the ‘battle for Parliament’
CARMEL RICKARD: Freelancers defeated
A key part of the legislation intended to protect independent contractors from unscrupulous employers has to do with how much they earn
CARMEL RICKARD: Liberty's sexual harassment shame
Two recent cases show how women are still being blamed, instead of supported, when they are victims of sexual assault