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 Inc in […]
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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 box below). […]
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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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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 & Co, […]
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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 their own […]
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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’ representations, naturally […]
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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 relationships for […]
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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) declared COVID-19 […]
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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 be pleaded […]
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On 22 December 2017, r 46A of the Uniform Rules of Court (Uniform Rules) was amended to provide, inter alia, for a discretion for courts to set a reserve price […]
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