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“Frustrated murder” describes a killing in which the perpetrator takes all the steps intended to cause death, but the victim survives because of something outside ...

Exceptional circumstances in a South African bail application means facts beyond the ordinary that persuade the court to release an accused charged with a Schedule ...

Attempted murder in South African law requires proof that the accused began carrying out a killing, intended to kill at that moment, and failed only ...

In South Africa there is no separate court order called a “restraining order”; the terms are used interchangeably in everyday speech, and the formal legal ...

The difference between an interdict and a protection order in South Africa is that an interdict is a general civil court order restraining anyone from ...

To defend a protection order in South Africa, you oppose the application at the return date hearing stated in the documents you were served with. ...

Your criminal record can be cleared in South Africa without going to court, and in many cases without a lawyer, if ten years have passed ...

No. In South Africa a charge on its own does not create a criminal record. A criminal record is created only once a court convicts ...

The criminal court process in South Africa runs from first appearance to sentence through fixed stages: bail, plea, pre-trial preparation, trial, verdict, and sentencing. Less ...