A simple guide to legal costs in South Africa

We offer a straightforward guide to the different types of legal costs in South Africa, including whether you’ll recover the costs if you win your case. If you need legal representation and are concerned about costs, this may help clarify what’s involved. What legal…

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COVID-19 may not be killing your Employees, but it could be killing your business. Is Retrenchment an instant option?

Introduction South Africans are in a state of COVID-19 information overload and Employers and Employees alike are finding themselves in circumstances where information is either unreliable or presently uncertain, particularly in respect of what the consequences…

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by Fadia Arnold

The persistent and the vexatious – The ersatz litigant

It is a tale as old as time if you are an ersatz litigator – you lose once, you try again, regardless of merit and...

by At van Rooy and Izaan Kuschke

Pre-existing conditions: How they can affect a personal injury claim

Having a pre-existing medical condition doesn’t invalidate your legal rights if you’re injured due to medical malpractice or another party’s negligence. However, it’s important to...

by DSC Attorneys

Mediation between landlords and tenants – A critical tool now?

Introduction Some definitions of mediation include “an intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it” or “intervention in a process or relationship. ” The critical...

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw

Be wary of acting on fraudulent emails

Case note on GLOBAL AND LOCAL INVESTMENTS ADVISORS (PTY) LTD / NICKOLAUS LUDICK FOUCHÈ (71/2019) [2019] ZASCA08 (18 MARCH 2020) The Supreme Court of Appeal handed...

by Nerisha Besesar

Is Covid-19 a force majeure event?

In this article, we consider whether the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has any effect on the rights and obligations of parties in contractual relationships, under South African...

by Tanya Waksman

Relaxation of South Africa’s exchange control regulations pertaining to IP transactions

The current Exchange Control Regulations place restrictive controls on the transfer of South African owned intellectual property (IP) to any persons or entities outside of...

by Kevin Dam

The old meets the new – Compromise in litigation

Introduction “Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in...

by Reenen Lombard

Demotion as an alternative to retrenchment – One way to assist employers with the COVID-19 outbreak

A number of international and local companies have requested that their employees work from home due to the dire consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic....

by LexisNexis

Coronavirus: Occupational Health and Safety Alert – South Africa

South Africans woke up to an entirely new landscape on the morning of 16 March 2020, following the announcements by President Ramaphosa on the evening...

by Warren Beech

The media may be calling it an “act of God”, but what does the law say about force majeure and COVID-19?

When disaster strikes it is easy for the world to fall into disarray. The impact of natural disasters, famine, war and now a pandemic, can...

by Justine Krige, Lucinde Rhoodie and Pauline Manaka

The media may be calling it an “act of God”, but what does the law say about force majeure and COVID-19?

The Last Will and Testament – A story for the blockchain and tokenisation

A person’s last Will and testament, best to refer to as a Will, embodies a representation of all that a person is worth. In a...

by Reenen Lombard

Do you even code, bro? – Ownership of computer programs

It is a beautiful Monday morning and you are on your way to work. You stop at your local coffee shop for your caffeine fix...

by Ruan Dickinson

#CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) in SA – What are Employers’ obligations and Employees’ rights during this public health emergency?

A contagious disease known as Coronavirus or COVID-19 (“the Virus”) was first detected in China in December 2019 and has since regrettably spread worldwide. The...