Dementia: Understanding Your Legal Options
'Dementia is the plague of our time, the disease of the century.' (Unattributed) Dementia is a widespread medical condition that affects...
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 11, 20234 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
Oct 4, 20234 min
Debt Collection – Two Recovery Options
'Creditors have better memories than debtors.' (Benjamin Franklin) How well you manage your debtors’ book and how successful you are in...
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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 27, 20233 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 22, 20232 min
A Dishonest 'I’m Too Sick to Come to Work' Excuse is a Firing Offence
'…an employment relationship is predicated on trust' (Extract from judgment below) Our courts have once again confirmed that dismissal is...
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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 8, 20234 min
How to Protect Your Children’s Inheritances from Ending Up in the Guardian’s Fund
'Live each day as if it were your last… because one day, you’ll be right.' (Benny Hill) It’s always tempting to procrastinate about...
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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 1, 20232 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 24, 20233 min
Divorce: What is Forfeiture of Benefits and When is it Ordered?
'So often, a party in a divorce is so aggrieved and upset by their spouse's behaviour during the marriage, and rightfully so, that they...
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King-Essack & Associates
Aug 17, 20233 min
Can Your 👍 Thumbs-Up Emoji or E-Signature Seal a Deal?
'…data messages or electronic signatures are now recognised in our law as equivalent to a proper basis upon which a written contract can...
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King-Essack & Associates
Aug 1, 20234 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 23, 20233 min
Ponzi Schemes: Another MTI Judgment, Risks and Red Flags
'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jun 14, 20234 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
Jun 8, 20232 min
Understanding Your Legal Obligations as an Employer of Domestic Workers
In the context of this article, domestic workers refer to individuals who work in your home, including: gardeners, cleaners, cooks,...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jun 2, 20233 min
Property Buyers: The Danger of Not Doing Your Financial Homework
'Look before you leap' (wise old proverb) Don’t let the excitement of buying a property blind you to the necessity of doing your homework...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 19, 20232 min
Overtime: The Importance of Agreements
'…an employer may not require or permit an employee to work … overtime except in accordance with an agreement' (Basic Conditions of...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 9, 20232 min
Divorce: Remember to Review Your Will!
'It has long been a foundational principle of our common law and the legislation that has governed the law of testamentary succession...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 3, 20233 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, 20233 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
Apr 14, 20233 min
Why You Need a Shareholders’ Agreement and How to Structure It
Whether you are forming a new company or buying shares in an existing one, a formal shareholders’ agreement, tailored to suit your...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 4, 20233 min
Buying Property as an Investment – Some Strategies for Success
'The only bad time to buy property is later.' (Steve Bolton) Buying property, whether to live/work in or on a buy-to-let basis, could be...
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