April 2022

The legal education journal

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 the affairs […]

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Letters to the editor – April 2022

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 their identities […]

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People and practices – April 2022

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 style. Please […]

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

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 continue operating […]

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

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 is that […]

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

      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 rescue proceedings […]

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

  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 adjudicator. This […]

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

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 the new […]

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Women should be visible and show their competency

  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 the eldest […]

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The Law Reports – April 2022

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 and when […]

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