Anomaly in two important pieces of legislation addressed
Recent case again emphasises the importance of a will.
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Recent case again emphasises the importance of a will.
Jane Bwanya v The Master of the High Court, Cape Town [1st Respondent]; A.I.A. Kaplan (the Executor of the Estate Late Anthon
While the highest court in the land recently ruled that women in long-term heterosexual relationships can inherit from their partner's estate, a dissenting judgment further considered it appropriate to refer the matter to Parliament.
WOMEN in vat en sit relationships can inherit and claim maintenance from their dead lovers’ estates.
The Constitutional Court has given women in long-term heterosexual relationships the right to inherit and claim maintenance from the estates of their partners after their deaths.