by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2021 | Dispute resolution, Information, Information and data protection, Litigation, Medical, Personal, Privacy
Disclosure of documents is a cornerstone of modern litigation and is intended to ensure a level playing field and so that parties cannot hide information or use information to ambush another party. Accordingly, our Court Rules prescribe specific methods in which...
by VDT Attorneys | May 16, 2021 | Dispute resolution, Employee, Employer, Employment law, Labour, Labour law
The Minister of Employment and Labour recently published the new earnings threshold in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA) to be effective as of 1 March 2021. This increases the BCEA earnings threshold to R211 596.30 per annum (or a...
by VDT Attorneys | Jan 6, 2021 | Dispute resolution, Prescription, Surety, Suretyship
To answer your question, we must explain some of the terminology. “Prescription” is a legal principle in terms of which a debtor’s liability to pay an outstanding debt is extinguished after the passing of a prescribed time period. The Prescription Act 68 of 1969...
by VDT Attorneys | Jan 6, 2021 | Dispute resolution, Property, Transfer
A power of attorney (POA) is a document wherein one person (the Principal) provides authorisation to another (the Agent) to act on his behalf. Usually, this power of attorney is provided with a specific purpose in mind. As you mentioned, a POA is quite common when it...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 10, 2020 | Body corporate, Construction, Dispute resolution, Property, Property law, Residential, Sectional Title, Sectional Title and Community Schemes
The Sectional Title Scheme Management Act 8 of 2011 (STSMA), bestows on the body corporate certain rights and responsibilities of which the most common one is to administrate an account for the repair, maintenance, management and administration of the common property....
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 10, 2020 | Charter, Damages, Dispute resolution, Education, Litigation, School, Youth
You are correct in noting the recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter of MEC: Western Cape Department of Social Development v Esau and Another (379/2019) [2020] ZASCA 103. The judgment has been heralded as providing legal clarity...
