The Legal Aid Clinic, which has served a large number of individuals in the Boland region, will find a new home from 11 December 2017. As part of its strategic goals, and in association with the Law Faculty at Stellenbosch University (SU), the Legal Aid Clinic will move from 44 Banhoek Road to 18-24 Crozier Street. The move…
Stephan van der Merwe, senior attorney at the Stellenbosch Legal Aid Clinic, has been invited to visit a number of University Law Clinics in the United Kingdom during November 2017. He will spend time at the Coventry Law School in England to engage in talks and research aimed at setting up a Clinical Legal Education (CLE)…
The High Court ruling on Wednesday (8 July 2015) in favour of an application by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Legal Aid Clinic about emoluments attachment orders (EAOs, also known as garnishee orders) “is an illustration of SU’s endeavour to make a positive impact on society.” So said SU Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers…
On 24 November 2014, the Legal Aid Clinic, University of Stellenbosch and fifteen impoverished people with Emoluments Attachment Orders (EAOs) brought an application at the High Court, Western Cape Division, Cape Town, for orders [inter alia]: Condoning the applicant’s non-compliance with the Uniform Rules relating to time-periods, forms and service; and Declaring: the words “the…
Op 20 Maart 2013 het die Regshulpkliniek van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch ‘n kantoor in die Mediese Fakulteit van dié Universiteit se Ukwanda-Gesondheidsentrum te Worcester geopen. Die Regshulpkliniek se doel met die opening van ’n kantoor in Worcester is om behoeftige persone van die platteland toegang te bied tot kwaliteitregsdienste. Aanvanklik sal prokureurs van die Stellenbosch-kampuskliniek…
Op Vrydag 2 Maart 2012 het Marion Hattingh, Chris Julius en Ina-Marie Booysen van die Regshulpkliniek ‘n werkwinkel oor verblyfsekerheid en die pligte van plaaslike owerhede tydens uitsettings aangebied. Die werkswinkel is die vyfde wat die afgelope ses maande aangebied is in die Kaapse Wynland-streek en is gemik op die opleiding van alle munisipale amptenare…