Alternative Dispute Resolutions, a solution to your legal matters during lockdown
With the courts only open for the hearing of urgent applications or matters relating to violations of liberty, domestic violence, maintenance and matters involving children during the Covid-19 lockdown period, now more than ever finding alternative methods of...
Don’t mince your words when making those payment holiday requests
Financial managers are going to be kept busy over the next few months, prioritising payments, hopefully keeping people in their jobs, and managing the expected COVID 19 financial disaster. In negotiations with landlords, banks, financial institutions and creditors, PJ...
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Insolvency enquiries and investigations The provisions of the Companies Act create an effective system for tracing missing assets of a company and generally revealing the circumstances that led to insolvency of a company and whether there was unlawful conduct by...
New Rule of Court forces South Africans to consider Mediation as a form of dispute resolution before turning to courts.
An amendment by the Rules Board for Courts of Law, who regulate the conduct of the proceedings of South African courts will compel individuals to declare that they have considered mediation as a solution to any forthcoming legal matter before commencing litigation...
Property agreements – make sure your ‘house’ is in order before signing an agreement
Despite the depressed property climate in South Africa, there seems to be an upswing in property market conditions, buoyed by more lenient lending criteria, lower house prices and steady interest rates. This is attractive to first-time buyers, and residential and...
South Africans soon to be forced to consider mediation before turning to courts
The Rules Board for Courts of Law has issued a draft rule proposing a new Rule that will compel South Africans to declare that they have considered mediation as a solution to any forthcoming legal matter and, if not, the court itself is obligated to manage cases...
Contractors’ Guarantees a must-have for building agreements
“Embarking on building renovations or building a new home without a comprehensive contract, including stipulated construction guarantees is very dangerous.” That’s according to attorney PJ Veldhuizen of Gillan and Veldhuizen Inc., who have represented many clients...
A warning against using online templates and DIY contracts
Besides the fact that many attorneys begin drafting client agreements from templates accumulated from years of experience and refinement, it is wise to spend the money and take the time to consult an attorney to attend to the drafting of your personal or commercial...
Directors’ Liability Insurance – it’s in the detail
The duties and liability of company directors were codified by the Companies Act of 2008, The Act identifies three major principles, being: the standards to be expected from a director; the director’s duty to separate his or her financial interests from those of the...
A case for mediation – neighbourly disputes
Love thy neighbour, or not There inevitably comes a time when we have a dispute of some kind with our neighbours, be it the yapping dog, the loud music, the tree that sheds copious amounts of leaves or a obstructs your view, the cat who poops in your garden, the...