Posted on March 30, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) congratulates Professor Jacolien Barnard in the Department of Mercantile Law on her inaugural address to celebrate her promotion to full professor in January 2020.
Posted on December 10, 2021
UP Faculty of Law's Department of Mercantile Law staff recently went on a wellness and team-building retreat in Magalisberg
Posted on April 29, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Corlia van Heerden, its Absa Chair in Banking Law in the Department of Mercantile Law, has been cited by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 13 April 2021 in a long-anticipated decision on the...
Posted on March 10, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (UP EMS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) are excited to announce the introduction of an MPhil in Insolvency and Business Rescue, the first of its kind in South Africa.
Posted on February 08, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) congratulates Prof Piet Delport in its Department of Mercantile Law on the publication of his latest book update, New Entrepreneurial Law, Second Edition (2021).
Posted on December 08, 2020
On 25 November 2020, Professor Monray Marsellus Botha in the Department of Mercantile Law of the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP), on invitation by the Peripheries of Law Executive Committee of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), conducted a...
Posted on December 06, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to Professor Stefan van Eck in its Department of Mercantile Law, and the other members of the editorial team, Pamhidzai Bam, Chanda Chungu and commissioning and series editor Evance Kalula, on the...
Posted on December 03, 2020
On 16 November 2020, the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) - Africa in collaboration with the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) presented a Consumer Protection Law webinar. Professors Jacolien Barnard, Stéfan Renke and Dr Sylvia...
Posted on November 03, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that the Constitutional Court in the recent decision of National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and Others v Aveng Trident Steel (a division of Aveng Africa (Pty) Ltd) and Another 2020 ZACC 23 referred to...
Posted on October 26, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulates to Professor Phumudzo Munyai on his appointment as the UP Head of the Department of Mercantile Law.
Posted on October 12, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Prof Reghard Brits in its Department of Mercantile Law has been invited to become a permanent member of the UNIDROIT Working Group on Digital Assets and Private Law.
Posted on August 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest disaster to hit the insurance history, by far exceeding any NatCat (natural catastrophe) events to date. The Unit for Insurance Law and Governance in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP), of which Professor Birgit Kuschke is the Director, is...
Posted on July 22, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride that Professor Jacolien Barnard in the Department of Mercantile Law is the recipient of the 2019 Prize for the Best Short Contribution as published in the Contemporary Journal for Roman-Dutch Law (THRHR) by the Vereniging...
Posted on July 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest disaster to hit the insurance history, by far exceeding any natural catastrophe risks to date. The Unit for Insurance Law and Governance in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, of which Professor Birgit Kuschke is one of the Directors, is...
Posted on July 07, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Reghard Brits in its Department of Mercantile Law was appointed on 5 July 2020 as the 2020/21 holder of the Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht Wisselleerstoel (Journal for Private Law Exchange Chair) at Radboud...
Posted on December 09, 2019
On Monday, 2 December 2019, the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria (UP) had the privilege of celebrating the contributions of three legends ― Professors Piet Delport, Johan Lötz and Chris Nagel, with combined expertise experience of approximately...
Posted on August 28, 2019
Professor Monray Marsellus Botha, Head of the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, is presenting a paper at the inaugural ‘Social Justice Summit and International Conference – Leveraging the Sustainable Goals (SDGs) and the Global Human...
Posted on August 19, 2019
It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria has been informed of the passing of our colleague and friend, Professor Chris Nagel, on Sunday, 18 August 2019.
Posted on May 30, 2019
The Faculty of Law extends hearty congratulations to alumnus Minister Ronald Lamola as SA's newly appointed Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.
Posted on May 24, 2019
Senior Lecturer Dr Carika Fritz and the Head of the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law, Prof Monray Marsellus Botha, and Senior Lecturer Dr Carika Fritz, are representing the University of Pretoria today at the 4th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights, convened by the...
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