Hands off my salary!
The credit industry in South Africa is significant and lucrative. According to the National Credit Regulator’s Consumer Credit Market Report for the first quarter of...
Consumer Protection
Consumer Protection News & Insights
This topic contains legal news and insights relating to consumer protection and examines the various legal facets, requirements and case law which affect consumer products and services. The aim of the Consumer Protection Act is to protect consumers from unfair, unreasonable or other improper trade practices. Stay up to date with the latest developments and gain insights from leading legal professionals in the consumer protection field.
Restaurants are entitled to request a refund for cancelled bookings
The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 is set to become an ever more prevalent piece of legislation and therefore both service providers and consumers...
An ombud for the advertising and marketing industry
Section 82 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (“CPA”) allows the Minister of Trade and Industry to accredit industry specific ombudsman schemes, and to prescribe accompanying industry codes. To date, two industry ombudsman schemes have been accredited,…
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Comments on the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill
The protection and commercialization of Genetic Resources (“GR’s”), Traditional/Indigenous Knowledge (“IK”) and Traditional/Indigenous Cultural Expressions (“ICE’s”) have come to the fore internationally during the last 20 or so years. The realization,…
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Credit providers beware – Reinstatement of credit agreement despite acceleration
An agreement constitutes a credit agreement if, as pronounced in the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (“the NCA”), it provides for a credit facility,...
The practical application of legal professional privilege in discovery proceedings
General Principles
Legal professional privilege applies to communications between a client and legal advisor, where the legal advisor is acting in a professional capacity and is...
Is VAT payable on delivery fees?
It is common practice for suppliers to deliver the goods that they supply at the premises of their customers on the customer’s request. The suppliers...
More developments at the Advertising Standards Authority
A court has ruled that the South African Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) does not have the authority to consider and rule on adverts placed by...
Rules governing export & import in Egypt
The decree (Decree No. 43 of 2016) provides that a record shall be created at the General Organisation for Export and Import Control (“GOEIC”) for...
How to prepare for POPI
Timeline
20 August 2013: The National Assembly passes the Protection of Personal Information Bill [B9D of 2009] (“the Bill”) to give effect to the constitutional right...
