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Property Owner and Body Corporate Liable After Child’s Electrocution?

29 Mar 2022
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A recent High Court decision saw both a sectional title unit owner and his cupboard contractor held liable for damages suffered by an 11-year-old boy electrocuted by a communal tap. The complex’s body corporate and an electrician were also sued but escaped liability. The reasons...

Don’t Accidentally Disqualify Your Chosen Heirs from Inheriting!

29 Mar 2022
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“Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.” (Ambrose Bierce) Your will (“Last Will and Testament”) will always be the keystone of your estate planning, and a recent High Court decision sounds yet another warning to beware the “do your own will” concept....

Exemption Clauses and Thieving Employees: Can You Sue (or Be Sued)?

29 Mar 2022
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“Where one of the parties wishes to be absolved either wholly or partially from an obligation or liability which would or could arise at common law under a contract of the kind which the parties intend to conclude, it is for that party to ensure that the extent to which he,...

What Can You Do When Someone Close to You Has No Control Over Their Spending?

29 Mar 2022
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“A prodigal is a person who, through some defect of character or will, squanders his or her assets with such abandon that he or she threatens to reduce himself or herself and/or her dependents to destitution” (extract from judgment below) What can you do when someone you know...

Your Website of the Month: The 9 Key Points of Making a Difficult Decision

29 Mar 2022
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“Avoiding a decision is itself a decision … probably the wrong one” Decisions, decisions – we spend our days making them, most of them minor but every now and then a really big, important one comes along. Perhaps it’s something like  “Should I resign my 9-to-5 and start up...

3 Steps to Buying Your First House

23 Feb 2022
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“Happiness is… buying your first home” (Anon) Few things in life can compare to the joy of finally crossing the threshold of your first home. If you are like most of us, you have been dreaming of this day for years and years – it has finally arrived! The financial bonus of course...

Fired For Moonlighting

23 Feb 2022
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“She failed to disclose these obviously material activities to her employer and was therefore manifestly acting in violation of her duty of good faith to her employer.” (Extract from judgment below) “Moonlighting” is the practice of employees boosting their monthly income with...

Effective 1 March 2022: New Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage

23 Feb 2022
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Employers and employees need to keep an eye on the annual increases in both the National Minimum Wage and the Earnings Threshold, summarised below for your convenience. Both are effective from 1 March 2022. The National Minimum Wage increase The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for...

Debtor Not Paying? Consider a Liquidation Application

23 Feb 2022
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“When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors’ company” (John Vanbrugh) Bad debt is a major issue for many businesses in these hard economic times – not taking robust steps to collect it could be fatal to...

Your Website of the Month: How to Avoid Falling Victim to a “Tinder Swindler”

23 Feb 2022
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“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see” (Shakespeare) Note: Please think of sharing this article with any family member, friend or colleague who might benefit from knowing which “red flags” to watch for when using dating apps and social media. Even if you haven’t yet...
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