Archive for April, 2022

The legal education journal

x Bookmark The De Rebus journal has been in existence for 66 years. The first issue of the journal was published in 1956 under the title De Rebus Procuratoriis (about […]

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Letters to the editor – April 2022

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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People and practices – April 2022

x Bookmark Compiled by Shireen Mahomed Nicqui Galaktiou Inc Attorneys in Johannesburg has one promotion and one appointment. All People and practices submissions are converted to the De Rebus house […]

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Succession planning for sole practitioners in incorporated practices and pointers on the authorised forms of practice

x Bookmark When investigating professional indemnity (PI) claims, the team at the Legal Practitioners Indemnity Insurance Fund NPC (LPIIF) has encountered instances where legal practices have either: (a) purported to […]

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Genericide: Could you be at risk of losing your trade mark?

x Bookmark Most of us use words such as Escalator, Flip Phone, Laundromat, and Sellotape as part of our daily vocabulary. What may come as a bit of a shock […]

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Should a general moratorium during business rescue be extended to dismissals for operational requirements?

x Bookmark       Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Act), provides a tool for financially distressed companies in the form of ‘business rescue’. Business […]

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Is an adjudicator’s decision valid if issued after the expiry of the prescribed period in construction contracts?

x Bookmark   T­­­he New Engineering Contract (NEC) of which the Engineering and Construction Contract forms part, makes provision for the referral of disputes ensuing under the contract to an […]

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Sign on the virtual line – commissioning affidavits in the digital era

x Bookmark It cannot be disputed that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has pressurised the legal profession to re-examine and reconsider certain legal requirements. With the everchanging social climate that accompanies […]

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Women should be visible and show their competency

x Bookmark   Rehana Khan Parker is a 61-year-old legal practitioner, practising in the Western Cape for the past 29 years. Ms Parker was born in Cape Town, she is […]

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The Law Reports – April 2022

x Bookmark February [2022] 1 All South African Law Reports (pp 297 – 613); February 2022 (2) Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports (pp 129 – 264) This column discusses judgments as […]

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