Tag: Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
Are midstream reviews of proceedings at an investigative stage permissible?
Jean-Paul Rudd | Partner | Adams and Adams | mail me |
An appeal serving before a full bench in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria...
The pending Sports Bill would violate the Rule of Law
The National Sport and Recreation Act, 1998, calls itself a statute for the promotion and development of sport. This year’s threatened draft changes would violate the Rule of Law just as the Act’s 2007 amendments do. The 2007 amending statute’s preamble declares that sport belongs 'to the nation'. Its administration, though, is been 'entrusted' to sport bodies.
Taxpayer’s right to be notified is a matter of administrative justice
The High Court in Pretoria recently ruled that taxpayers have a right to be notified before SARS appoints an agent to collect ‘outstanding tax debt’. This is a victory for both taxpayer rights and the wider cause of administrative justice.
Ratepayers association tackles the shebeen regulations
The formalisation and regulation of shebeens has posed an interesting challenge for the liquor industry at large, often being met with a lot of resistance from the concerned stakeholders, such as liquor traders and many other various players. On 1 November 2017 the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg found in favour of the Yeoville Bellevue Ratepayers’ Association (“the Association”) by declaring the Gauteng Liquor Regulations on Shebeen Licences published in 2013 invalid (“the Regulations”).
