Archive for April, 2013

Balancing deprivation of liberty & quantum of damages

x Bookmark By Thulani Nkosi There has been a general acknowledgment by the courts that the right to liberty is one of the most important rights afforded to a person. […]

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Employment law update – Does s 197 apply to franchise agreements?

x Bookmark PE Pack 4100CC v Sanders and Others (LAC) (unreported case no PA 08/10, 22-1-2013) (Davis JA) By Moksha Naidoo Does s 197 of the Labour Relations Act 66 […]

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Employment law update – Section 197 – appointment of new service provider

x Bookmark By Talita Laubscher and Monique Jefferson In Franmann Services (Pty) Ltd v Simba (Pty) Ltd and Another [2012] 12 BLLR 1293 (LC) the applicant, Franmann, sought an order […]

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The law reports – April 2013

x Bookmark David Matlala BProc (University of the North) LLB (Wits) LLM (UCT) LLM (Harvard) HDip Tax Law (Wits) is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Fort […]

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Door closed on common law contingency fees

x Bookmark De la Guerre v Ronald Bobroff & Partners Inc and Others (GNP) (unreported case no 22645/2011, 13-2-2013) (Fabricius J) The South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers v […]

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Written submissions on the Legal Practice Bill

x Bookmark By Kim Hawkey In addition to the oral submissions on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012), the Justice Portfolio Committee received several written submissions on the draft […]

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A step closer – Oral hearings on the Legal Practice Bill

x Bookmark By Kim Hawkey On 19 and 20 February the Justice Portfolio Committee (the committee) held public hearings on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012), which is set […]

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Nothing plain about plain drafting

x Bookmark By Caryn Gootkin As a profession, one of the stereotypes that plague attorneys is the tendency to wear legalese as a suit of armour. Many believe attorneys use […]

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LSSA annual report outlines developments, challenges and achievements in the attorneys’ profession

x Bookmark By Barbara Whittle The annual report of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) for the period April 2012 to March 2013 will be available from mid-April on […]

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Attorneys urged to serve as small claims court commissioners

x Bookmark By Barbara Whittle The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) is concerned at the shortage of commissioners in the small claims courts around the country. Attorneys are, therefore, […]

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