Archive for May, 2021

People and Practices – May 2021

x Bookmark Compiled by Shireen Mahomed Stegmanns Inc in Pretoria has one promotion and two new appointments. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in Johannesburg has three new promotions in Johannesburg. Smit Sewgoolam […]

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Minister Lamola launches a court that seeks to reduce domestic violence issues

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, launched the new Point Branch Family Court in Durban on 26 March 2021. The court is said […]

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What is the difference between the LSSA and the LPC?

x Bookmark I have written numerous editorials on the workings of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA), the relevance of the organisation and its value to legal practitioners (see […]

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Letters to the editor – May 2021

x Bookmark PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax: (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make […]

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Ongoing cybercrime threats

x Bookmark The importance of cyber risk management for law firms has received increased international attention following on the widely covered data breach at the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca […]

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The ethical duty of technology competence

x Bookmark The national lockdown accelerated the use of technology by legal practitioners in South Africa (SA). Legal practitioners were forced to work from home and to type and create […]

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The legal basis of a legal practitioner’s liability for negligence in execution of mandate

x Bookmark An adversarial system of dispute resolution, in which the parties at dispute present their cases and a neutral factfinder attempts to resolve the dispute based on the parties’ […]

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Arbitration in terms of s 12B of the Petroleum Products Amendment Act

x Bookmark By Deon M Pool The pursuit of power. How to get it, keep it, and use it, have been central questions of politics, business, military strategy, and human […]

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Limiting human rights during COVID-19 – is it only legitimate if it is proportional?

x Bookmark The normative standards in international human rights obligate governments to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all people in their territory. The World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

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Does subrogation constitute a new cause of action to be pleaded?

x Bookmark The doctrine of subrogation has boggled the minds of legal practitioners and judges alike for decades. Some argue that subrogation constitutes a new cause of action that must […]

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