Zweni lives! "As I conclude, the Supreme Court of Appeal in TWK v Hoogeveld Boerdery Beleggings (TWK) sufficiently warned that granting leave based on the interest of justice is only within the remit of the Constitutional Court and no other courts." saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPP…

An important judgment from the SCA on an arbitrator's jurisdiction over constitutional issues (no jurisdiction to decide s.172 procurement-illegality defence): saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA…

conflictoflaws.net/2025/conflict-…

Longer post on LinkedIn about the enforceability of foreign judgments for punitive damages (and, in particular, whether the non-punitive/compensatory component can still be enforced if the punitive component is unenforceable): linkedin.com/posts/jason-mi…

Apart from the (interesting) substantive law, a practice point: King & Spalding's in-house barristers (silk and junior) argued in the Court of Appeal. Almost unheard of in South Africa but becoming more common in English litigation (and very common in international arbitration).

You'll never believe this but the SCA's first judgment for 2026 is about...section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act: saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA…