by VDT Attorneys | Oct 19, 2014 | Environment
To the layman, the changes appear small, but they are not without their implications. The following is a brief summary of the most important amendments, and the implications they might have: Some concepts of NEMWA’s definitions were seen to be vague and...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 19, 2014 | Employment, Labour, Personal
Firstly, its important to understand the nature of an employment contract. A contract of employment is defined as an agreement between two parties in terms of which the one party (the employee) undertakes to place his personal services at the disposal of the other...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 19, 2014 | Employment, Labour
Both the Constitution and the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 provides for protection of workers who engage in strike action. However, there are certain requirements that must be satisfied in order for a strike to be seen as a “protected strike”. In addition, there...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 11, 2014 | Property, Sectional Title
To start with, a sectional title community is a property community with prescribed management structures. The management of a sectional title scheme could therefore take place via several bodies. The most important bodies in the management of a sectional title scheme...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 11, 2014 | Litigation, Medical, Medico-legal, Personal
Example 1 Mrs Y – an elderly woman admitted to hospital for the treatment of an airway infection, is recuperating after a theater procedure. A hospital staff member had phoned Mrs Y’s husband and requested that he give telephonic permission for his wife’s heart...
