by VDT Attorneys | Oct 25, 2013 | Consumer, Information, Personal
POPI will have as its main aim the protection of personal information. It has been stated that POPI has been designed to protect personal information given the fact that in today’s digital age there are serious implications in how this type of information is handled....
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 25, 2013 | Credit Act, Debt, Personal
In terms of Section 86 of the Act, an over-indebted individual may apply to be placed under Debt Review with Debt Review offering the following remedies: Credit providers are unable to take legal steps against the consumer while under Debt Review. Re-arrangements can...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 29, 2013 | Family, Marriage, Personal
In legal terms, a child born to a mother and father who are not married to each other is referred to as a child born out of wedlock, or, more correctly, as an extra-marital child. Our law recognises that all children irrespective of the marriage status of the parents...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 29, 2013 | Harassment, Personal
Mary, like many others in a similar situation, often feel helpless and without protection or the means to defend themselves. However, in the Protection from Harassment Act 17 of 2011 (“the Act”) which came into operation on 27 April 2013, there is now very specific...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 25, 2013 | Personal, RAF
That road accidents have reached pandemic proportions in South Africa is well known and is dramatically highlighted by the death toll statistics surrounding our national holiday seasons. In the past Easter holiday season more than 1200 people died on our roads. The...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 25, 2013 | Injury, Personal
Thando, while shopping for a few groceries at a local supermarket is busy replying to a work email on his new IPhone. Not paying attention to where he is going, he inadvertently steps into a small puddle of water lying on the shop floor, slips and falls backwards,...
