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LUISTER! Persoonlike serwitute

Tiaan Koen het op 23 Oktober met Lise Roberts op RSG Landbou gesels oor persoonlike serwitute en hoe dit in die landbousektor toegepas kan word.

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October 29, 2019
Divorce mediation as an option

Divorce mediation as an option

by | Nov 22, 2013 | , ,

The dissolution of marriage in South Africa is regulated by our Divorce Act and the Matrimonial Property Act. These acts do not require parties contemplating divorce to enter into divorce mediation. However, our courts have recently started increasing the pressure on legal practitioners to advise their clients to enter into divorce mediation before the parties are to appear in court. This pressure is evidenced in a number of recent judgments made by our courts and reflects a growing sentiment that divorce mediation is an important step in divorce proceedings.

Financial distress: your obligation to inform the public

Financial distress: your obligation to inform the public

by | Nov 22, 2013 | ,

In the last few years, many business owners have had to make difficult decisions to restructure their business in order to survive the economic recession. Family businesses were sold, assets made to money and unfortunate events even led to liquidation of businesses. Owners, understandably, often don’t keep perspective of their financial struggles and will do anything to salvage the business without taking formal steps or letting anyone know of its dire financial position. The following questions thus arise: At what point must you take formal steps to notify persons about your financial situation? Who needs to know? How much do they need to know?

Ignoring that speeding fine? Your one stop ticket to trouble

Ignoring that speeding fine? Your one stop ticket to trouble

by | Nov 22, 2013 |

It’s another busy morning and you are in a mad rush to get the kids to school on time, you are going way over the speed limit when a traffic officer stops you, and despite your very best protestations awards you a “ticket”. You then decide to ignore the ticket in the hope that it will just disappear in a pile of endless paper work at your local traffic department. That is, until the Friday when you leave for that long-planned getaway to the Mozambique coast, where you are arrested at the border post, kept in custody until Monday and face charges of contempt of court. It then becomes apparent that the “ticket” you received was in actual fact a notice to appear in court.

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