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Directors: Here’s How to Avoid Being Sued for Company Debts
' To be prepared is half the victory.' (Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote) Perhaps you’re a director losing sleep over the risk...
King-Essack & Associates
Mar 53 min read
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Revenge Porn and a Fake Facebook Profile – Online Defamation Costs a Couple R3,55m
Our laws are always protective of our rights to privacy and dignity.
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 263 min read
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No Means No: What the New Case on Consent Means for Victims of Sexual Violence
'Sexual violence is a horrific reality that continues to plague this country.' (Quoted in judgment below) It’s often said that victims of...
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Jan 303 min read
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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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Jan 133 min read
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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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Dec 12, 20243 min read
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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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Nov 18, 20244 min read
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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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Nov 7, 20243 min read
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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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Oct 9, 20243 min read
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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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Sep 4, 20242 min read
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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)...
King-Essack & Associates
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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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...
King-Essack & Associates
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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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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Jul 19, 20243 min read
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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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May 31, 20242 min read
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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...
King-Essack & Associates
May 24, 20243 min read
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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...
King-Essack & Associates
May 16, 20242 min read
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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...
King-Essack & Associates
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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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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Apr 11, 20243 min read
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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...
King-Essack & Associates
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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'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...
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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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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Jan 24, 20243 min read
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