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“…it must be asked whether, but for the Covid-19 outbreak, the interruption or interference to the Applicant’s business would have occurred when the Lockdown Regulations were promulgated” (extract from the judgment below) It’s no surprise that our media has been awash with...

Lockdown “Admission of Guilt” Fines – The Criminal Record Risk

28 Jul 2020

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Breaking any of our lockdown laws can be an expensive business, risking heavy penalties. If you are accused of a contravention and offered the option of paying an “admission of guilt” fine to avoid a court appearance, beware! It may seem like the easy way out to pay up and...

Property Subsidence: New Law, Strict Liability and Ubuntu

28 Jul 2020

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“…every landowner has a right to the lateral support and where subsidence or other destabilisation occurs, as a result of excavations on an adjacent property, the owner of the adjacent property will be liable in an action for damages irrespective of whether she was negligent or...

Websites of the Month: Why and How to Encourage Whistleblowing in Your Workplace

28 Jul 2020

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Our law (in the form of the Protected Disclosures Act) encourages employees to disclose unlawful or irregular conduct in their workplaces without fear of reprisal. Why encourage it? “3 Reasons Why Whistleblowing is Important for Public and Private Companies” on the...

Electronic Signatures in Property and Other Transactions

24 Jul 2020

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“To sign a document means to authenticate that which stands for or is intended to represent the name of the person who is to authenticate” (quoted in the case below) We all know that verbal agreements, although fully binding for most types of transaction, are a recipe for...

Directors and Business Rescue in the Time of COVID-19

24 Jul 2020

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“A stitch in time saves nine” (wise old proverb) The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown have opened up new avenues of profit for some businesses, but they have also subjected many others to the spectre of business failure. Unfortunately we can expect the level of...

Our Brave New World: Using Zoom for Retrenchment Consultations

24 Jul 2020

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“O brave new world” (Shakespeare) The COVID-19 pandemic will doubtless lead to many new developments on the legal front. For example, with widespread employee retrenchment now an unfortunate reality in our struggling economy, all employers, employees and trade unions should know...

POPIA’s Deadline is 30 June 2021 – Ignore the “Fake Headlines” But Start Planning!

24 Jul 2020

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At long last the main provisions of POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) have been gazetted, and they will commence on 1 July 2020. That means that the one year transitional period will expire on 30 June 2021. Don’t panic just yet, and ignore the ma...

Website of the Month: The Mental Battle of Running a Small Business in Lockdown Level 3

24 Jul 2020

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“This Too Shall Pass. It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass” (Unknown) Entrepreneurs and the small businesses they run are bearing much of the brunt of our deepening economic woes. Some SMEs have prospered, others have sunk – most of us have just battled on,...

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The Pandemic and Business Interruption Cover – Can You Claim?

Lockdown “Admission of Guilt” Fines – The Criminal Record Risk

Property Subsidence: New Law, Strict Liability and Ubuntu

Websites of the Month: Why and How to Encourage Whistleblowing in Your Workplace

Electronic Signatures in Property and Other Transactions

Directors and Business Rescue in the Time of COVID-19

Our Brave New World: Using Zoom for Retrenchment Consultations

POPIA’s Deadline is 30 June 2021 – Ignore the “Fake Headlines” But Start Planning!

Website of the Month: The Mental Battle of Running a Small Business in Lockdown Level 3

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