by VDT Attorneys | Jun 13, 2023 | Criminal, Criminal Record, Employee Screening, POPI, Sectional Title
With the South African crime rate being of concern to all South Africans, many citizens choose to live in sectional title schemes where security is often given a high priority. But what if the threat lies within the walls of the scheme? For this reason, many body...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Arrest, Court, Criminal, Litigation
Prescription in the general legal sense speaks to the time in which one can claim from another for a specific debt, and if not done, that claim can prescribe (fall away). Generally for civil claims, a well-known period of 3 years applies. But does criminal law have...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 6, 2018 | Arrest, Criminal, Dispute resolution, Litigation
The South African Police may offer an arrested person the option of paying an admission of guilt fine, but only if the person has been arrested for a less serious offence, and so doing lighten the load of congested court rolls. This fine is paid before the accused...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 9, 2017 | Criminal
Parole can be described as “an internationally accepted mechanism that allows for the conditional release of offenders from a correctional centre into the community prior to the expiration of their entire sentences of imprisonment, as imposed by a court of law.”...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 7, 2017 | Criminal, Litigation
While a large percentage of the South African public only recently heard of private prosecution, it is not a new concept, and has been in existence for almost a century, even though it is seldom used. In terms of Section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Act a private...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 9, 2016 | Criminal, Litigation
A criminal record can be expunged from the records of the Criminal Records Centre after a period of ten years has elapsed from the date of conviction for that offence, should the offender not commit another offence and have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment...
