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(Insurance) fraud unravels all: The SCA confirms that fraud can lead to the forfeiture of a partly valid and partly fraudulent claim when a policy says so
6th July 2023 In Discovery Insure Limited v Masindi the SCA considered whether the entirety of an insurance claim should be forfeited in circumstances where only... →
When do arbitration awards prescribe?
6th July 2023 When does an arbitration award prescribe? Does an award even attract its own period of prescription? The short answer is that it depends on the... →
When is an order of a lower court appealable to a higher court?
6th July 2023 Until the recent decision of TWK Agriculture Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Hoogveld Boerderybeleggings (Pty) Ltd and Others (TWK) it had become vogue for... →
Is a municipal by-law prohibiting transfer of property without a “SPLUMA Certificate” constitutional and valid?
6th July 2023 In an unreported caseof the High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga Division, Middelburg (“Court”), a number of owners of farm portions in rural... →
The sword finally falls, ironically on justice itself | DoJ fine by Information Regulator
5th July 2023 What is the price that one pays for not having antivirus software? R5 million according to the Information Regulator of South Africa (Regulator).... →
The price of no antivirus software? R5m says Information Regulator of SA
4th July 2023 What is the price to pay for not having antivirus software? R5-million according to the Information Regulator of South Africa (Regulator). That is... →
Time to focus! Comments called for on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill
26th June 2023 The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, 2022 (the Bill), has been published for comment and aims to introduce an array of significant... →
National Health Insurance: What benefit; for whom, where and how?
23rd June 2023 As has widely been reported in the media, the National Health Insurance Bill or the Bill has been passed by Parliament. However, such a process... →
