Dog owners can face strict liability when their animals attack someone, meaning the injured person does not necessarily have to prove that the owner was negligent.
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A 13th cheque is not automatically guaranteed. But where it forms part of your employment contract, your employer cannot simply withdraw it or replace it with a performance-based bonus without your agreement.
A former V&A Waterfront executive was ordered to pay nearly R2.9 million in damages after the Labour Court found she had misled the company into hiring her and paying consultants linked to her private business.
A recent High Court judgment says an association cannot use biometric access to enforce an alleged default. The case also confirms that biometric access to your home can be protected as part of your possession of the property.
It is already illegal to employ someone who is not legally entitled to work in South Africa, while a new Bill proposes additional duties and higher penalties for employers
It’s unfortunately all too common a tale. Out of the blue, an older person, rendered vulnerable by age or illness, acquires a new “friend”. Before anyone in the family realises what’s going on, their loved one has died, and the fraudster claims to be sole heir in terms of a last-minute will.
One email had cost the buyers the sale, the money already paid, and a substantial additional amount.
For decades, South African law used the husband’s legal home at the time of marriage to decide which country’s law governed a couple’s financial and property rights when they had ties to more than one country. A recent Western Cape High Court judgment declared that rule unconstitutional and introduced a gender-neutral framework for deciding which country’s law applies.
In most cases hitting a pothole results in a damaged tyre or wheel. For one unfortunate motorcyclist who hit a 60cm behemoth near George, it meant losing a leg. The High Court held the Department of Infrastructure liable for his damages, finding that the roads authority had failed to detect, repair or warn road users about a dangerous defect it knew, or should have known, about.
Home security cameras are increasingly common, but protecting your property does not give you an unrestricted right to monitor your neighbours.