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When Can You Legally Record Conversations?

27 Aug 2024

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“Big Brother is watching you.” (George Orwell) Your smartphone lets you record just about anything, anywhere, and at any time. Your laptop and other devices can automatically record online meetings. Technology enabling voice and/or video recording is all-pervasive, providing us...

Waiving the Bond Clause to Keep a Sale Alive: Risk Versus Reward

27 Aug 2024

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“This sale agreement is no more! It has ceased to be! This is an EX-sale!” (With apologies to Monty Python) A “bond clause” – standard in most property sale agreements – typically provides that the whole sale depends on the buyer obtaining a mortgage bond by a specified date. If...

Divorce and the New Three-Pot System: Another Risk To Manage

27 Aug 2024

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“Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.” (Rita Mae Brown) How will the new “Three-Pot Retirement System” (often referred to as a “Two-Pot System”) affect financial arrangements on divorce? Retirement savings can amount to a significant portion of a...

The Garage Door That Had the Complex Up in Arms

29 Jul 2024

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“Good fences make good neighbours.” (Robert Frost) When you buy into a community scheme (such as a security estate, complex or apartment block) you automatically become a member of its management body: either a Homeowners Association (“HOA”) if your property is full-title or...

It’s Sick Leave Season – Can You Reject a Dodgy Doctor’s Sick Note?

29 Jul 2024

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“Many people including workers in South Africa do not have the wherewithal to determine between a qualified doctor, an unqualified doctor and one who is operating illegally. That is why there are regulatory and law enforcement bodies to whom suspicious practices by doctors should...

Divorce Diaries: Anti-Dissipation Orders in Action

29 Jul 2024

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“Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.” (Anon) In the boiler room that is the divorce court, it’s common to hear accusations and counter-accusations of one spouse disposing of or concealing marital assets to hide them from the other spouse. The good news is that our law...

Sour Grapes? Don’t Make Accusations Unless They’re True

29 Jul 2024

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“I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here, Pierced to the soul with slander’s venomed spear.” (William Shakespeare) Here’s another warning from our courts to think twice before publishing anything defamatory, even if you genuinely believe it to be true. To escape liability,...

Home Buyer loses R5.5m in Phishing Scam – Don’t Make the Same Mistake!

25 Jun 2024

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“[The buyer] must in the circumstances take responsibility for her failure to protect herself against a known risk” (extract from judgment below) Cybercriminals absolutely love targeting property transactions because they provide the perfect mix of large money deposits, heavy...

Brand-New Car Giving You Nightmares? CPA to the Rescue

25 Jun 2024

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“The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) establishes a broad and comprehensive scope for consumer protection. Its purview includes developing and maintaining a consumer market in such a way as to ensure fairness, accessibility, effectiveness, sustainability and...

The New Cannabis Act: Here’s What You Will and Won’t Be Allowed to Do

25 Jun 2024

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“It’s high time they legalised cannabis” (Anon) Much excitement has greeted the signing into law of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act, which will formally regulate the cultivation, possession, and use of cannabis by adults in a private setting and, says the Presidency, lays...

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When Can You Legally Record Conversations?

Waiving the Bond Clause to Keep a Sale Alive: Risk Versus Reward

Divorce and the New Three-Pot System: Another Risk To Manage

The Garage Door That Had the Complex Up in Arms

It’s Sick Leave Season – Can You Reject a Dodgy Doctor’s Sick Note?

Divorce Diaries: Anti-Dissipation Orders in Action

Sour Grapes? Don’t Make Accusations Unless They’re True

Home Buyer loses R5.5m in Phishing Scam – Don’t Make the Same Mistake!

Brand-New Car Giving You Nightmares? CPA to the Rescue

The New Cannabis Act: Here’s What You Will and Won’t Be Allowed to Do

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