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King-Essack & Associates
Jan 133 min read
A New School Year Dawns – Can Unpaid Fees Bar Your Child From Enrolling?
'I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.' (Mark Twain) Our Constitution guarantees everyone rights to education but...
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King-Essack & Associates
Dec 12, 20243 min read
Gift or Loan? A Cautionary Tale for the Season of Giving
'The bluntest pencil is better than the sharpest mind' (Unknown) The Festive Season is traditionally a time for giving and it seems a...
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King-Essack & Associates
Nov 18, 20244 min read
Three Ways to Protect Yourself from the Nightmare Neighbour in Your Complex
'A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.' (Hesiod, 700 BCE) It seems that every community has at...
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King-Essack & Associates
Nov 7, 20243 min read
Divorce and the New Three-Pot System: Another Risk To Manage
Divorce and the New Three-Pot System: Another Risk To Manage
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 9, 20243 min read
When Can You Legally Record Conversations?
'Big Brother is watching you.' (George Orwell) Your smartphone lets you record just about anything, anywhere and at any time. Your laptop...
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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 4, 20242 min read
Sour Grapes? Don’t Make Accusations Unless They’re True
' I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here, Pierced to the soul with slander’s venomed spear.' (William Shakespeare) Here’s another...
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King-Essack & Associates
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Can You Sign an Affidavit Over Zoom?
'These technological developments would have seemed far-fetched and science fiction a brief few years ago.' (Extract from judgment below)...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jul 24, 20243 min read
The New Cannabis Act: Here’s What You Will and Won’t Be Allowed to Do
'It’s high time they legalised cannabis' (Anon) Much excitement has greeted the signing into law of the Cannabis for Private Purposes...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jul 19, 20243 min read
Brand-New Car Giving You Nightmares? CPA to the Rescue
'The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) establishes a broad and comprehensive scope for consumer protection. Its purview includes...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 31, 20242 min read
Lending to a Friend or Relative – When Must You Register as a Credit Provider?
'In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.' (Unknown) Lending money to a friend or family member in need...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 24, 20243 min read
Rising Damp and Failed Waterproofing: How to Sue the Sellers
'[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she has not bothered to...
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King-Essack & Associates
May 16, 20242 min read
The Pothole Plague – Claiming Damages
'If cars are required to be roadworthy, shouldn’t roads be required to be car-worthy?' (Online meme) If you fall victim to a...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 24, 20243 min read
Who Owns Your Employee’s Invention? Lessons from the 'Please Call Me' Saga
24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s 'an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 11, 20243 min read
When to Lawyer Up
'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 3, 20244 min read
Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?
'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...
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King-Essack & Associates
Feb 22, 20242 min read
'Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Load-shedding'. Can a Landlord Do That?
Load-shedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?
'A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.' (Hesiod, poet of Ancient Greece) Your neighbour’s business...
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King-Essack & Associates
Nov 16, 20234 min read
Buying a Used Car – Your Rights
'The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.' (Old proverb) You buy a 'pre-loved' vehicle which turns out to be a complete dud....
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Suing for a Supermarket 'Slip ‘n Trip' – What Must You Prove?
'The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger' (William Shakespeare) Tripping over aisle blockages or slipping on floors made slick by...
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Security Warning: Property Sale Cybercrime Surges & New AI Danger
'The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.' (Napoleon Bonaparte) This October marks the 20th anniversary of the globally...
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