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The current implementation of vaccine roll out is probably unlawful & unconstitutional

When the vaccine roll out plan was announced, it was warmly welcomed by many as it seemed logical and sagacious. Although there was a loud cry prior to the first batch arriving that the government has been slow in acquisition of the vaccine, it was nonetheless welcomed…

What is Gender Based Violence? How will I know if I am a victim and what can I do about it?

Victimisation is the process of being victimised, either from a physical or a psychological point of view. The principal characteristic of GBV is that it mainly occurs against women.

Getting compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

Before any policies can be drafted, a business needs to identify what personal information it is processing, the various mediums of processing it can undertake, as well as why and when it is processing the personal information.

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News & Opinion

The Civil Union Act – South African visas and a broader application

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw

We often have South Africans and foreign nationals coming to our office to sign cohabitation agreements, in order to meet…

Firm: SchoemanLaw Inc

Why do business like it is 2019?

by Nikhil Lawton-Misra

During the past year, most industries have adjusted to new ways of working to cater for an environment that has…

Firm: Eversheds Sutherland

RAF funeral claims: What funeral expenses you can claim and how to claim

In the tragic event of losing a family member to a road accident, it may be possible to claim funeral…

Firm: DSC Attorneys

Who will foot the bill for Covid-19 vaccine complications?

by Jean-Paul Rudd

The wait is finally over! South Africa’s vaccination roll-out plan is expected to go into overdrive shortly. However, in recent…

Firm: Adams & Adams

I have assets in multiple countries. Do I need more than one Will?

by Shaun Benater

With assets in multiple countries, the inevitable question becomes – how many Wills must I now have? With the rise…

Firm: Benaters

Final liquidation order – Not so final?

by Helen Westman

In Richter v Absa Bank Limited 2015 (5) SA 57 (SCA), the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) considered whether it…

Firm: Eversheds Sutherland

Oh no! I have to update…

What a hassle. The pop-up window appears on our screens and inevitably interrupts our workflow process. We are then asked…

Firm: AJS

The definition of a “competitor” and why it is important to know

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw

In the recent judgement of Inter-Waste (Pty) Ltd v Vian Smith and TMS Group Industrial Services (Pty) Ltd (Labour Court…

Firm: SchoemanLaw Inc

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Events

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The trouble with law is lawyers

Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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Every law is an evil,
for every law is an infraction of liberty.

-Bentham Jeremy

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Prisons are built with stones of Law,
brothels with bricks of Religion.

-Blake,William

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The trouble with law is lawyers

Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.

– Oscar Wilde

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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.

– Oscar Wilde

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

– Oscar Wilde

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If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

– Charles Dickens (1812-1870) British novelist

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The trouble with law is lawyers.
– Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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The law is reason, free from passion.
– Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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Bad laws are the worst form of tyranny.
– Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British political writer.

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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

– Robert Frost

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

– Khalil Gibran

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He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.

– Proverb

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The trouble with law is lawyers.

– Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

– Martin Luther King Jr.

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Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion.

-Blake,William

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The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

– Publilius Syrus (1st Century BC)

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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

– Oscar Wilde

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

– Oscar Wilde

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Bad laws are the worst form of tyranny.

– Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British political writer.

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Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

– Sophocles

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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.

– Immanuel Kant

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Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.

-Bentham Jeremy

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The trouble with law is lawyers.

– Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.

– Hart Pomerantz

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The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.

– Will Rogers

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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.

– Oscar Wilde

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The law is reason, free from passion.

– Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.

– Oscar Wilde

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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

– Mark Twain

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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.

– Mark Twain

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I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

– Voltaire

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The trouble with law is lawyers

Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer

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