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    Volks NO v Robinson and Others is an important decision in South African family law and law of succession. In a majority judgment written by Justice Thembile...
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    therefore overturned the holding in Volks v Robinson. Prior to Bwanya, the often-maligned holding in Volks v Robinson had created a considerable amount...
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    myriad of spontaneous ways. It is an elixir of constitutional health." Volks v Robinson looked at whether a law providing for surviving spouses to receive...
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  • Westhuizen v Van der Westhuizen and Another 1996 2 SA 850 (C). Volks NO v Robinson and Others 2005 (5) BCLR 446 (CC). Women's Legal Centre Trust v President...
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    Albertyn has argued that the test is frequently misapplied – as in Volks v Robinson and S v Jordan, among others – and that the test: unduly prioritises and...
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  • Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act, 2009, section 2(1) Volks v Robinson 2005 (5) BCLR 446 (CC) M M Corbett, Gys Hofmeyr, & Ellison Kahn. Law...
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  • that judgement was overturned by the Constitutional Court majority in Volks v Robinson. In 2003, Judge Robin Marais of the Supreme Court of Appeal wrote a...
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  • notable majority judgements penned by Skweyiya include Kruger v President and Volks v Robinson. He retired from the bench in May 2014. At a ceremonial session...
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  • judgment in S v Jordan, on the criminalisation of prostitution, was unpopular with feminist commentators, as was his concurrence in Volks v Robinson. Ahead of...
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  • Majority author [2005] ZACC 1 S v Jaipal 16 November 2004 18 February 2005 Van der Westhuizen [2005] ZACC 2 Volks v Robinson 20 May 2004 21 February 2005...
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