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Can Government Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine Against Your Will? a Discussion on International Human Rights Law THE SA ATTORNEYS’ JOURNAL JULY 2021 CAN GOVERNMENT MANDATE THE COVID-19 VAcciNE AGAINST YOUR WILL? A DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Grandchild’s claim against grandparent’s Medical negligence and criminal estate: Weighing up child maintenance responsibility – when the court infringes on a against freedom of testation medical practitioner’s rights to a fair trial Navigating the way to justice – a discussion Reconsidering a restorative on truth, justice and justice approach in reconciliation criminal court proceedings OGILVY SA 34601/EOGILVY TIME TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS YOUR REALITY. If you believe you have the potential to change the world, your journey starts here. Embark on your legal career at the STADIO School of Law. · Bachelor of Arts in Law · Bachelor of Commerce in Law · Bachelor of Laws (LLB) · Higher Certificate in Paralegal Studies STADIO.AC.ZA | 087 158 5000 | [email protected] FORMER LY Stadio is a registered private higher education provider. S THE SA ATTORNEYS’ JOURNAL THE SA ATTORNEYS’ JOURNAL THE SA ATTORNEYS’ JOURNAL CONTENTS JULY 2021 CAN GOVERNMENT MANDATE THE COVID-19 VACCINE AGAINST YOUR WILL? A DISCUSSION 12 ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Grandchild’s claim against grandparent’s Medical negligence and criminal estate: Weighing up child maintenance responsibility – when the court infringes on a 16 against freedom of testation medical practitioner’s rights to a fair trial 20 July 2021 Issue 619 ISSN 0250-0329 Navigating the way to justice – a discussion Reconsidering a restorative 26 on truth, justice and justice approach in reconciliation criminal court proceedings 22 Regular columns Articles on the De Rebus website: Editorial 3 Justice Minister pleased with progress on legal fees Practice management and access to justice Risk management window dressing 4 Minister Lamola sends a message of appreciation The importance of a trust audit and the value while tabling OCJ’s budget to the National Assembly thereof for the legal practice 6 Justice Maya elected Regional Director for West and Southern Africa of the Practice note International Association of Sars disputes – receiving an assessment is not Women Judges the end of the road 8 Transformation of the legal Data privacy laws in South Africa 10 sector is a societal function The sustainability of the LSSA discussed at its AGM The law reports 29 Case note Can government mandate the 12 Minister of Home Affairs may delegate any power COVID-19 vaccine against your will? conferred to them, including the power to deprive A discussion on international human citizenship under the Citizenship Act 34 rights law here has been a great deal of talk about subjecting New legislation 36 people to who are not vaccinated to restrictions in- volving their access to public places, flights, hotels, T Employment law update and continued employment. This indirectly makes vac- cinations compulsory. In fact, disciplinary procedures Suspension of picketing rules 38 have even been launched against professionals who have Dismissed for violating COVID-19 protocols 39 publicly expressed their opposition to compulsory vac- cination. Extraordinary Research Fellow, Dr Willem van Recent articles and research 41 Aardt, examines compulsory vaccination through the lens of international human rights law and weighs up a pro-choice versus a pro-mandate approach. Book announcements 44 DE REBUS – JULY 2021 - 1 - EDITOR: FEATURES Mapula Oliphant NDip Journ (DUT) BTech (Journ) (TUT) Grandchild’s claim against grandparent’s 16 PRODUCTION EDITOR: estate: Weighing up child maintenance against Kathleen Kriel freedom of testation BTech (Journ) (TUT) SUB-EDITOR: SUB-EDITOR: he case of Van Zyl NO v Getz NO [2020] 3 All SA 730 (SCA) pre- Kevin O’ Reilly Isabel Joubert sented the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) with the opportunity MA (NMU) BIS Publishing (Hons) (UP) Tto provide long-awaited clarity on a decade long legal question. NEWS REPORTER: EDITORIAL SECRETARY: As the High Court unfortunately missed the opportunity due to poor Kgomotso Ramotsho Shireen Mahomed Cert Journ (Boston) strategic litigation and ignominious judicial service, it was then up to Cert Photography (Vega) the SCA to surmount the jurisprudential hurdle posed by Barnard, NO v Miller 1963 (4) SA 426 (C) and develop the common law in terms EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: of the Constitution to recognise a grandchild’s claim for maintenance Giusi Harper (Chairperson), Peter Horn, against the estate of a grandparent. Legal practitioner, Ndivhuwo Maboku Mangena, Mohamed Randera Ishmel Moleya, reviews the court’s approach in this matter and notes EDITORIAL OFFICE: 304 Brooks Street, Menlo Park, the duty to align South Africa’s laws with the Constitution requires col- Pretoria. PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102. Docex 82, Pretoria. laboration between judicial officers and legal practitioners as officers Tel (012) 366 8800 Fax (012) 362 0969. of the court. E-mail: [email protected] DE REBUS ONLINE: www.derebus.org.za Medical negligence and criminal CONTENTS: Acceptance of material for publication is not a guar- 20 antee that it will in fact be included in a particular issue since this responsibility – when the court infringes on depends on the space available. Views and opinions of this journal a medical practitioner’s rights to a fair trial are, unless otherwise stated, those of the authors. Editorial opin- ion or comment is, unless otherwise stated, that of the editor and egal practitioner, Dr Llewelyn Gray Curlewis, discusses S v Van publication thereof does not indicate the agreement of the Law Society, unless so stated. Con tributions may be edited for clarity, der Walt 2020 (2) SACR 371 (CC), which dealt with an application space and/or language. 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