Few interlocutory judgments manage to say something useful about both civil procedure and substantive family law in the same breath. The recent decision of Greig AJ in the Western Cape Division does exactly that. On its face, it is an
The Western Cape Division has once again demonstrated that it will not tolerate maintenance debtors who treat interim maintenance orders as optional, negotiable or subject to their own private assessment of what is “reasonable”. In M.D.V v F.M.D.V (2025/091265) [2026]
This is what we do on Sabbatical. Read and ponder and meditate and hope and rest and refresh. “But how shall we educate men to goodness, to a sense of one another, to a love of truth? And more urgently,
The factual background and the parties’ competing claimsIn H.L v B.L (2025/216979) [2026] ZAWCHC 350 (13 July 2026), the Western Cape High Court was required to determine an application for interim maintenance and a contribution towards legal costs under Rule
High Demand and the Growing Risk of Exploitative Practices
If you’re renting in the Western Cape, you already know how tough it is to find a decent property that suits your budget. Cape Town has become one of the most
Don’t fret just yet, landlords. As of March 2026, there are still no specific laws regulating short-term letting in South Africa.
However, thanks to Cape Town’s post-COVID tourism boom, there are increasing calls from policy makers, housing advocates, and irate
The 2026 Public Law Conference will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town on the theme ‘Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy’, during 1-4 July 2026. The Conference is co-organised by the University of
The Western Cape Association of Legal Practitioners (WCALP) launched on 31 March 2026 in Cape Town. Legal practitioners gathered at the launch where they were addressed by the task team members involved in establishing the WCALP. One of the task
In a significant judgment delivered by the Western Cape Division of the High Court on 26 November 2025, the Court in Construction Company (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Others (2950/2024 ; 22591/2023) [2025] ZAWCHC 552, confirmed that an organ of
Factual Background: A Protracted Paternity Dispute Spanning Two Decades This appeal concerned a finding by the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, sitting as a maintenance court, that the appellant was the biological father of Z.W., a child born on 23 May
