Werksmans
When must your medical scheme pay for treatment?
8th September 2022 On 26 August 2022, the High Court in Pretoria handed down judgment in an application concerning a three-year old boy suffering from a rare genetic... →
Breaking set stone – exceptional circumstances and the variation of Competition Tribunal orders
8th September 2022 According to the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, nothing in life is interminable; instead, all is but transient, for even set stone can... →
Employers watch out, the Constitutional Court has tightened the noose on the doctrine of common purpose
8th September 2022 The principles underpinning the doctrine of common purpose came into the spotlight in the employment and labour landscape. In the recent judgment... →
Contractors, copyright and computer programs – what should business owners know?
8th September 2022 There appears to be a common misconception that copyright created by third party consultants will always vest in the instructing party who also... →
Road block ahead! Are data protection laws stifling technological innovation?
5th August 2022 Oh, where the time has gone! It has been four years since the European Union’s flagship data privacy legislation, the General Data Protection... →
Sticks, straws and bricks: POPIA compliance strategy & governance framework
5th August 2022 The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) is now over a year in full effect. Indeed, the POPIA compliance process has not come... →
Fake news – The three sisters: Mis, Dis and Mal.
5th August 2022 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (colloquially referred to as “4IR“) has given individuals around the globe almost-continuous access to near... →
POPIA and consent, the biggest misunderstanding? 
5th August 2022 It has been over a year since the compliance deadline of the Protection of Personal Information 4 of 2013 (POPIA), and yet there are still many... →
