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Reconsideration under Section 17(2)(f): still a safety net?

06 February 2025

With 2024 amendments to Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act, is the application for reconsideration still an option for litigants?  

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Navigating harassment in community schemes

06 February 2025

Can you protect yourself from harassment in your community scheme? Learn which legal route could work best for you and... how the courts are stepping in to ensure community safety. 

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POPIA: protecting health and sex life data privacy

06 February 2025

New draft POPIA regulations address the processing of sensitive health and sex life data. This article explores the potential impact... on privacy and consent concerns. 

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Beneficial Ownership reporting: dormant and deregistered trusts

06 February 2025

Is reporting still required for dormant or deregistered trusts? Uncover the key details you need to know! 

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Vodacom-Maziv merger blocked: competition vs public interest

05 February 2025

The proposed Vodacom-Maziv merger, combining the largest mobile operator with a key fibre player, highlights the delicate balance between competition... and public interest in mergers.

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Employee rights in business transfers

03 February 2025

An often-overlooked aspect of a sale of business, is the treatment of staff, with the financial objectives of the sale... taking precedence. In this article, we look at the rights of employees and the importance of these rights being upheld during and post the transfer process to limit the employer’s liability to claims of unfair conduct.

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Reconsideration under Section 17(2)(f): still a safety net?

06 February 2025

With 2024 amendments to Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act, is the application for reconsideration still an option for litigants?  

READ MORE
3
Article

Navigating harassment in community schemes

06 February 2025

Can you protect yourself from harassment in your community scheme? Learn which legal route could work best for you and... how the courts are stepping in to ensure community safety. 

READ MORE
1
Article

POPIA: protecting health and sex life data privacy

06 February 2025

New draft POPIA regulations address the processing of sensitive health and sex life data. This article explores the potential impact... on privacy and consent concerns. 

READ MORE
1
Article

Beneficial Ownership reporting: dormant and deregistered trusts

06 February 2025

Is reporting still required for dormant or deregistered trusts? Uncover the key details you need to know! 

READ MORE
2
Article

Vodacom-Maziv merger blocked: competition vs public interest

05 February 2025

The proposed Vodacom-Maziv merger, combining the largest mobile operator with a key fibre player, highlights the delicate balance between competition... and public interest in mergers.

READ MORE
3
Article

Employee rights in business transfers

03 February 2025

An often-overlooked aspect of a sale of business, is the treatment of staff, with the financial objectives of the sale... taking precedence. In this article, we look at the rights of employees and the importance of these rights being upheld during and post the transfer process to limit the employer’s liability to claims of unfair conduct.

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Be careful not to let your medical negligence claim prescribe

29 May 2024

Medical negligence cases are notoriously complex and often hinge on the difficulty patients have in establishing that there was in... fact negligent conduct by a medical practitioner and then having to institute action for the harm they have suffered. By this time, substantial time may have passed, and the possibility of prescription may have reared its head. In this article, we briefly look at prescription in the context of medical negligence cases and what our courts have to say. 

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Owners beware – you have limited time to claim for defects to your house

15 January 2024

You have been living in your new house for a year or two when the issues start – cracks, and... more cracks – all serious and structural. So, can you hold the previous owner liable for this, or have you waited too long?

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Latent defects, prescription and your newly bought home

29 November 2023

Home buyers are often worried about the risk of discovering a latent defect after they have bought a home, particularly... where sellers may have gone to some length to hide the defects to get the house sold. In this article we take a look at the role prescription plays when discovering defects and how this may affect the buyer’s ability to take steps against a seller.

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Prescription and claims against organs of state

28 February 2023

Claims against the state may arise from several causes of action. Importantly though, it must be remembered that claims against... any organ of state are also subject to prescription, and care should be taken to not let your claim prescribe. In this article, we examine the current legal position in respect of prescription and claims against the state.

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When do maintenance obligations prescribe?

20 May 2021

My ex-husband has for some time now not paid his maintenance as per the court order. Because I had a... job and was earning a basic income, I just left it as I didn’t want the hassle of trying to get him to pay. Now I’ve been retrenched and have asked him to pay his outstanding maintenance, but he refuses and says his attorney told him that his obligation to pay has prescribed. Surely this can’t be right?

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Prescription and surety don’t always play well together

06 January 2021

Our company is owed money by one of our contractor companies who we helped with finance and provided us with... personal sureties by the shareholders as security for the transaction. They have been making promises that they will pay for some time and we left it, but now we are getting worried about prescription. We are also unsure whether if we act against the sureties, prescription will be halted for the contractor or may continue and we lose our claim against the company itself. Can you advise?

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