'[The buyer] must in the circumstances take responsibility for her failure to protect herself against a known risk' (extract from...

'It’s high time they legalised cannabis' (Anon) Much excitement has greeted the signing into law of the Cannabis for Private Purposes...

'The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) establishes a broad and comprehensive scope for consumer protection. Its purview includes...

'A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on' (Samuel Goldwyn) Perhaps you are a seller marketing your property through an...

'Externally, trustees cannot disagree. In the external sphere the Trust functions by virtue of its resolutions, which have to be...

'It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can...

Cannabis policies in the workplace: a delicate balancing act.

'In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.' (Unknown) Lending money to a friend or family member in need...

'[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she has not bothered to...

'If cars are required to be roadworthy, shouldn’t roads be required to be car-worthy?' (Online meme) If you fall victim to a...

When drawing up your will, remember that 'clarity is king'. It is critical that the wording of your will, be drawn professionally.

24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s 'an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can...

'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...

'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each 'ordinary hour worked' has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8,5% from R25,42 to R27,58....

'The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may be a counter–offer.'...

How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged...

'It's the profile of the most trusted individual, in a position of trust, like an accountant or bookkeeper. They usually never take...

Load-shedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative...

'Marriage is the chief cause of divorce' (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic...