A company director’s unproven R500m bribe claim against a minister led to a R1m defamation case, highlighting the risks of making allegations without evidence.
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During divorce, it’s common to fear your ex hiding assets. A recent SCA case highlights why an ex-wife’s attempt to prevent asset sale failed and offers tips to avoid this.
Employers face challenges with sick employees and suspected malingering. A Labour Appeal Court decision clarifies when to require or reject medical certificates.
Homeowners Associations (HOAs) and Bodies Corporate take note! A recent High Court decision confirms that you cannot enforce your rules and regulations inconsistently.
Face-to-face physical commissioning seems to remain the only guaranteed way of ensuring that your affidavit will be accepted in court.
Discover how the Consumer Protection Act can help with defects in new cars, based on two recent High Court decisions, if procedures are followed correctly.
Your agreements with a trust will be invalid and unenforceable if the trustees acting for the trust weren’t properly authorised to bind the trust.
Does the Domestic Violence Act protect victims who are not only in a domestic relationship with their abuser, but also in a business or commercial relationship with them?
Oral contracts invite misunderstanding, conflict and protracted litigation, and for that very reason few agents will accept a mandate without requiring your signature on a written agreement.
A recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision turned on the question of whether a R15m loan to a friend, sealed with nothing more formal than a handshake, had been made “at arm’s length” or not.