Research News

  • TuksLaw lecturers attend Mercantile Conference

    Posted on November 08, 2017

    The University of the Free State hosted The Fourth Annual Mercantile Law Conference from 1 to 3 November 2017 in Bloemfontein. The conference workshop on the first day focussed on the transformation and decolonisation of Mercantile Law subjects and conference papers on the subsequent days...

  • Work of TuksLaw lecturer cited by Constitutional Court

    Posted on August 31, 2017

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that the Constitutional Court recently referred to the published work of Dr Reghard Brits, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law at UP.

  • TuksLaw lecturers attend Private Law and Social Justice Conference

    Posted on August 31, 2017

    The Nelson Mandela University held its ninth conference on Private Law and Social Justice from 21 to 22 August 2017 in Port Elizabeth. The Conference, which focused on the latest research and practical challenges in various areas of law in line with the constitutional agenda of transformation...

  • Two new doctorates obtained in the Department of Mercantile Law

    Posted on August 28, 2017

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that two of our staff members in the Department of Mercantile Law, Drs Carias Chokuda and Carika Fritz, have obtained their doctorate degrees.

  • TuksLaw lecturer authors book on 'Real Security Law'

    Posted on November 24, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law, Dr Reghard Brits, has recently published a scholarly monograph in the field of property and credit law, titled “Real Security Law” as part of Juta’s...

  • TuksLaw lecturer author of 'The New Derivative Action under the Companies Act - Guidelines for Judicial Discretion'

    Posted on April 26, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a staff member in our Department of Mercantile Law, Professor Maleka Femida Cassim, has recently published a scholarly book in the Field of Company Law, titled 'The New Derivative Action under the Companies Act -...

  • LLM in Corporate Law again ranked best in South Africa and Africa

    Posted on January 22, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that its LLM in Corporate Law was again ranked best in South Africa and Africa by Eduniversal's Best Masters in Business and Commercial Law Global Ranking.

  • Two more doctorates awarded in the Faculty of Law

    Posted on November 11, 2015

    The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that another two lecturers have obtained their doctorate degrees, i.e. Hermie Coetzee from the Department of Mercantile Law and Willem Gravett from the Department of Procedural Law.

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