While employees are entitled to postponements in a disciplinary hearing if they demonstrate good cause, there is a limit to how long an employee-driven delay can be justified. A recent decision of the Labour Court has raised the question of whether an employer may implement suspension without pay in the face of dilatory tactics occasioned by the employee.
The High Court upholds applicability of in duplum rule to protect overwhelmed debtors
On 12 May 2025, a full bench of the High Court handed down judgment in Scott v The National Credit Regulator.1 It concerned whether, once a credit agreement was subject to a debt review process, the debtor remained in default under the original credit
agreement or if the debt review process created a new agreement between the parties, thereby purging the default. This bears consequences for the applicability of the in duplum rule.