August 23, 2023 ALERT: Dentons South Africa has announced its partnership with Namibian law firm, Brockerhoff & Associates, now to be known as Dentons Brockerhoff.
August 2, 2023 CIVIL PROCEDURE – CONDONATION – APPLICATION FOR POSTPONEMENT OF HEARING OF CONDONATION – CONSIDERATIONS FOR GRANTING SUCH POSTPONEMENT. Nambundu v Endobo Properties CC NASC
August 1, 2023 CIVIL PROCEDURE – APPEAL – WHEN IS LEAVE TO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT NECESSARY AND WHEN IS IT OF RIGHT? Shimbulu v Standard Bank Namibia Limited NAHCMD
June 19, 2023 LEGISLATION – CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 51 OF 1977 – LEGAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE OF ACCUSED IN TERMS OF SECTION 174. S v Thomas NAHCMD (19 June 2023)
June 9, 2023 LEGISLATION – PROCUREMENT ACT, 15 OF 2015 – MONETARY THRESHOLDS; PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS – TACIT RELOCATION OF AGREEMENT; CIVIL PROCEDURE – JOINDER AND ABUSE OF PROCESS. Menzies Aviation (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd v Namibia Airports Company Limited NASC
May 16, 2023 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – ARTICLE 81 – DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT (STARE DECISIS). Digashu v GRN, Seiler-Lilles v GRN NASC (16 May 2023)
May 16, 2023 CRIMINAL LAW – MURDER; LAW OF EVIDENCE – EVALUATION OF – SELECTIVE ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE SAME WITNESS’S EVIDENCE IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER COMPELLING EVIDENCE JUSTIFYING SUCH COURSE IS IMPERMISSIBLE. S v Madisia NAHCMD (16 May 2023)
May 16, 2023 LEGISLATION – IMMIGRATION CONTROL ACT – FRANK OR NO FRANK, THERE IS NO STATUTORY PROVISION FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN NAMIBIAN LAW – MINISTRY APPLIED S 2(1)(C) CONSISTENTLY WITH THE ACT READ WITH OTHER STATUTES AND THE CONSTITUTION. Digashu v GRN, Seiler-Lilles v GRN NASC (16 May 2023) – Dissenting judgment
May 16, 2023 LEGISLATION – IMMIGRATION CONTROL ACT – INTERPRETATION – ‘SPOUSE’ IN S 2(1)(C) TO BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE SAME-SEX SPOUSES LAWFULLY MARRIED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. Digashu v GRN, Seiler-Lilles v GRN NASC (16 May 2023)
April 25, 2023 LEGISLATION – REVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER’S POWERS – PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 13 OF 1995 LABOUR LAW – WHETHER THE LABOUR COURT IS SEPARATE FROM THE HIGH COURT. Masule v Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia NASC; NAHCMD
April 5, 2023 LEGISLATION – INTERPRETATION — PROCUREMENT ACT, 15 OF 2015, SECTIONS 47 AND 55(4) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – FAILURE TO PROVIDE REASONS FOR DECISION A BREACH OF DUTY CIVIL PRACTICE – DOCTRINE OF ‘UNCLEAN HANDS’ – WHEN APPLICABLE: CITATION OF BOTH CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD A MISJOINDER. Namibia Protection Services (Pty) Ltd v PIS Security Services Close Corporation NASC
March 6, 2023 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – BAIL APPEAL – CHANGES IN JUDGMENT AFTER DELIVERING SAME ORALLY – FUNCTUS OFFICIO AND VALIDITY OF SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN JUDGMENT – LEGAL POSITION IN BAIL APPLICATIONS RESTATED. Shanghala v State NASC
March 6, 2023 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – SECTION 174 APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE – ALLEGATIONS AND ADMISSIONS MADE BY THE ACCUSED DURING PLEADING CONSIDERED. S v Madisa NAHCMD.
March 3, 2023 CIVIL PROCEDURE – ABSOLUTION FROM THE INSTANCE – WHAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. Supeco Trading CC v S P Brick Warehouse CC and another NAHCMD.