Almost any agreement you sign will conclude with a number of paragraphs, written in dense legalese, and often printed in very small letters. These concluding paragraphs are not only scarcely legible -…
The Marikana miners injured and arrested in the violence last year have approached both the High Court and the Constitutional Court in recent days, seeking an order for interim funding…
The extent to which South Africans of all races and genders are equally able to enter the attorneys' profession has long been a matter of concern. The Justice Portfolio Committee…
Sitting in one of South Africa’s High Courts, one could be forgiven for wondering if one had been transported back in time and across the continents on hearing judges being…
In today’s post we take a closer look at the new Protection from Harassment Act, which became effective as law on 27 April 2013.The new law empowers any person who…
A spoliation is any wrongful deprivation of another’s right of possession. It can include various acts, such as when a thief steals your car, or a landlord owed arrear rentals…
Is there more to preparing a will than recording your wishes in writing, signing the document and keeping it somewhere safe for future reference? Yes, in South Africa wills must…
The Supreme Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in a matter concerning a deceased woman's wish to set up bursaries to be available to white students only (amongst other…
Most written agreements end off with a number of “boilerplate” clauses, being the small print that is usually glossed over. These are standardised clauses which deal with general matters and…
This series of updates seeks to decode the legalese in some of the most common "boilerplate" clauses commonly found at the end of contracts. Another very common clause is the…