Increasing use is being made of various types of scientific evidence in court. The general requirement for the admissibility of such evidence is relevance. Although expert evidence is considered to be opinion evidence, ...

Indecent assault consists in an unlawful and intentional indecent assault which is and is intended to be indecent. There is some controversy in the case law whether the indecency is committed only by acts which are, ...

Executions were discontinued during November 1989. In February 1990 the State President announced a moratorium on executions. Since 27 July 1990 the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1990 effected important changes to the ...

Getuienis voortgebring deur middel van 'n toestel of apparaat (soos byvoorbeeld 'n foto) kan 6f as reele getuienis 6f as dokumentere getuienis, 6f as albei aangebied word. Die doel waarvoor dit aangebied word, bepaal ...

Parralel met die snelle groei van rekenaartegnologie en die groteiwordende rol wat rekenaars in ans alledaagse lewe speel, is daar ongelukkig 'n toename in die misbruik van rekenaars. Benewens die wyses om rekenaarmisbruik ...

In the past, witness statements obtained by or on behalf of a party to a criminal case were protected, from disclosure to the opponent, by privilege. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate whether such claims ...

Wanvoorstelling van wesenlike feite deur omiss/o aan 'n versekeraar kan tot gevolg he dat die versekeringskontrak ongeldig verklaar word ingevolge die gemene reg. In Mutual and Federal Insurance Co Ltd v Oudtshoorn ...

In Sonap Petroleum (formerly known as Sonarep) (SA) (Pty) Ltd v Pappadog1an1s 1992 (3) SA 234 (A) the Appellate Division apparently approved the direct application of the reliance theory, without reference to prejudice ...

Die sogenaamde vermoede van onskuld is via die Engelse Reg in ons reg oorgeneem en tot konstitusionele status verhoog met die daarstelling van artikel 25(3)(c) van die Grondwet, No. 200 van 1993. Hierdie reg om onskuldig ...

As the only internationally sanctioned means by which a fugitive offender may be returned from one state to another, extradition as public international law process has received surprisingly little attention in South African ...