The Rules Board for Courts of Law will compel South Africans to declare that they have considered mediation as a solution to any forthcoming legal matter before commencing litigation steps and starting a lawsuit. Mediation, is considered a time- and cost-effective means where parties in a dispute can appoint a qualified neutral third party to…
An important advantage of mediation is that it allows divorcing parties greater control over the consequences of their divorce. Parties are actively involved in the mediation process and can themselves make the important decisions related to divorce. As a result of this, and also because parties are able to make decisions regarded as fair and…
75% of legal costs in a divorce could be saved by embarking on the Mediation route. Besides the cost factor mediations are quicker, cost effective and most importantly maintains a healthy and amicable relationship between parents if there are children involved. In a divorce the couple are at the mercy of the legal system……in a…
The National Assembly has passed a new law that will see parents who default on child maintenance blacklisted and blocked from getting credit while owing maintenance. Introducing the bill, the deputy minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery said maintenance, especially child maintenance, was one of the department’s major priorities. This, he said, was…
The Court-Annexed Mediation Rules which will be implemented in the District and Regional Courts form part of Government’s effort to transform the civil justice and enhance access to justice. The Rules of Voluntary Court-Annexed Mediation (Chapter 2 of the Magistrates’ Courts Rules) were approved by the Minister and came into operation on 1 December 2014.…
Judge makes ‘example’ of him 13 Nov 2015 | Daily Dispatch | By SIYA BOYA | siyab@dispatch. AN EASTERN Cape surgeon has been ordered to spend a month in jail by the East London High Court and pay his ex-wife almost half a million rand for defaulting on his maintenance payments. Dr Roy Potelwa and…