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Construction & Engineering Law News & Insights

This topic contains legal news and insights relating to construction and engineering projects and examines the various legal facets, requirements and case law which affect the construction industry. Stay up to date with the latest developments and gain insights from leading legal professionals in the construction and engineering field.

Top nine short law courses for attorneys

If you have completed a four-year LLB degree to become a lawyer, I’m sure the last thing you want to think about is more law courses. However, the truth is that whether you’re preparing for a qualification exam, or just want to gain new skills, law courses are the…

Provided By Gawie le Roux

Damages: is your business covered?

Whether your employee negligently caused a loss of customer data, damaged service provider equipment, is caught stealing from your customers, or your business pulled out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, you need to make sure that you limit your business’ liability…

Provided By Eversheds Sutherland

by Tyron Fourie and Meghan Annandale

Adjudicators’ awards are final and binding

In Framatome v Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (357/2021) [2021] ZASCA 132 (1 October 2021), the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) determined that adjudication awards are...

by Laura Schlebusch

Infrastructure investment under the spotlight

A key priority intervention of South Africa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan is promoting aggressive infrastructure investment and supporting its delivery. President Ramaphosa highlighted this in...

Lean on thy neighbour? – The duty of lateral support

Introduction Any seasoned litigation lawyer has had the pleasure, or displeasure for that matter, of dealing with disputes between neighbours. These disputes, whether about noise, nuisance...

by Jean-Ray Pearton

Permitted services’ CIPC applications during Covid-19 lockown

As South Africa has moved from level 5 to level 4, many new companies qualify to operate under level 4 status and will need certificates...

Automation, IOT and AI can have a positive impact on mining, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors

The mining, natural resources and infrastructure sectors have, historically, been highly labour-intensive, with these sectors being large-scale employers. The sectors also consist of a diverse...

by Warren Beech

Deathly negligence and jail time for doctors, engineers and directors

A gynaecologist, practising in Witbank, recently received a five-year direct imprisonment sentence for negligently causing the death of a woman in labour. The sentence may...

by Pieter Conradie

Obstruction through construction – A commuter’s nightmare

How many times have you sat in traffic with no end in sight, only to discover that the hold-up was caused by a property developer...

by Lennard Cowan and Nastassya Naude

Unfinished business: What to do when construction halts due to a contractor’s liquidation

The past year has been challenging for South Africa’s construction industry, with some of the country’s best-known construction companies facing business rescue or liquidation. The...

by Diana Burger

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