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Separating the baby and the bath water: Garnishee and emoluments attachment orders

By Brett Bentley Emoluments attachment orders (EAOs) are commonly, but mistakenly, referred to as ‘garnishee orders’. An EAO is granted in terms of s 65J of the Magistrates’ Courts Act […]

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Cloud storage and file synchronisation for attorneys

By Anthony Pillay At its broadest level, cloud computing is the provision of computing as a service over a network, typically the internet. Cloud data storage is the access of […]

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Conveyancing scam

By Ann Bertelsmann The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF) started receiving notifications from conveyancers about a particular conveyancing related scam at the beginning of 2012. Since then, we have been […]

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Must-have apps for iPads and other devices

By Roy Bregman I have found the following applications (apps) indispensable in my practice. They can be downloaded via the iTunes store or the internet and can be used on […]

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Suretyship and debt review

By Nthupang Magolego The debt review phenomenon has sparked much controversy and debate in the legal fraternity and the credit industry at large. Another point that could soon emerge as […]

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Debt collection practitioners – the biggest threat to debt collection practices

By Peter Rafferty The old joke goes that 95% of lawyers give the other 5% a bad name. Although this may hold true in many scenarios, this desperate and angry […]

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High Court challenges SCA’s interpretation of simulated transactions

By Barry Ger Readers may recall an article in 2011 (Apr) DR 43 that considered the contentious Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) case Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v […]

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Employment law update – Onus of proof in automatically unfair dismissals

By Talita Laubscher The Labour Appeal Court (LAC) had the opportunity to consider the onus of proof in automatically unfair dismissal cases in State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd v […]

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Unconstitutionality of s 89(5)(c) of the National Credit Act

National Credit Regulator v Opperman and Others (CC) (unreported case no CCT 34/12, 10-12-2012) (Van der Westhuizen J) By Mapula Sedutla At issue in the Opperman case was whether s […]

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Freedom of testation v public policy

Ex Parte: BoE Trust Ltd NO and Others (SCA) (unreported case no 846/11, 28-9-2012) (Erasmus AJA) By Mapula Sedutla The recent BoE Trust case tested freedom of testation against public […]

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