Buying a Used Car – Your Rights
'The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.' (Old proverb) You buy a 'pre-loved' vehicle which turns out to be a complete dud....
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King-Essack & Associates
- Oct 25
- 3 min
Suing for a Supermarket 'Slip ‘n Trip' – What Must You Prove?
'The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger' (William Shakespeare) Tripping over aisle blockages or slipping on floors made slick by...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Oct 11
- 4 min
Security Warning: Property Sale Cybercrime Surges & New AI Danger
'The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.' (Napoleon Bonaparte) This October marks the 20th anniversary of the globally...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Sep 27
- 3 min
Landlords: You Cannot Cut a Defaulting Tenant’s Water and Electricity
'A fundamental principle in issue here is that nobody may take the law into their own hands. In order to preserve order and peace in...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Sep 1
- 2 min
How to Stop Someone Damaging Your Good Name on Social Media
'He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.' (Shakespeare) As our lives move...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Aug 1
- 4 min
Your New House Leaks Like a Sieve – Can You Sue the Seller?
'There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.' (Anne Tyler) You move into your...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Maintenance Claims and Life Partners
More and more couples are opting to live together as permanent life partners rather than enter into a formal marriage. The risk for such...
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King-Essack & Associates
- May 3
- 3 min
Losing Your Property to Acquisitive Prescription
'… a person shall by prescription become the owner of a thing which he has possessed openly and as if he were the owner thereof for an...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Apr 19
- 3 min
Ombuds - Why and How to Use Them
'Who you gonna call?' (Ghostbusters) An 'ombud' (often called ombudsperson, ombudsman or ombudswoman and sometimes not referred to as an...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Can You Claim Damages After Hitting a Pothole?
'The American Automobile Association estimated in the five years prior to 2016 that 16 million drivers in the United States have suffered...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Suing a Degree-Forging Employee for R2,2m
'Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive' (Sir Walter Scott, quoted in the judgment below) It’s a sad fact of...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Neighbours Behaving Badly: Illegal Buildings and Demolition Orders
'The approval of building plans is not a mere formality in town planning and compliance with building standards promote public safety …...
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King-Essack & Associates
- Feb 1
- 5 min
Check All Emailed Bank Details for BEC (Business Email Compromise) Frauds
'…sending bank details by email is inherently dangerous, and so must either be avoided in favour of, for example, a secure portal or it...
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