by VDT Attorneys | Nov 5, 2025 | Deceased Estate, Fideicommissum, Habitatio, Limited real rights, Property transfers, Servitude, Usufruct, Usus
Ownership constitutes the most complete form of entitlement over property. Limited real rights, on the other hand, constitute legal entitlements that permit a person to exercise certain powers over the property owned by someone else. These rights are “real”...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 29, 2025 | AI, AI and the law, AI in Business, AI in South Africa, AI policy, Artificial Intelligence
In the words of Joan Wallach Scott “Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history.” These words epitomise the reality that we are faced with in a society where AI has become commonplace in the daily lives...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 27, 2025 | Deceased Estate, Estate administration, Estate Planning, Family Trust, Will
In South Africa, the administration and winding up of a deceased’s estate is primarily governed by the Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965, which outlines the process for reporting an estate, appointing an executor, and distributing assets. In the absence of a...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 27, 2025 | Automotive
Following the decision of the court in the case of Road Accident Fund v Legal Practice Council and Others (134420/2023) [2025] ZAGPPHC 189 (21 February 2025), the Pretoria High Court struck the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) subsequent urgent application from...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Parastatals (state-owned entities) that have a license to generate and/or transmit electricity (licensee) can face civil claims relating to damage and/or injury caused by veldfires, induction, electrolysis or other means where electricity is generated, transmitted or...
