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A Johannesburg High Court recently dismissed a plaintiff's insurance claim after more than thirteen years of inordinate delay and failure to prosecute.

It is not uncommon for the contracting parties to a written agreement to verbally agree on additional terms or terms which are intended to vary the content of the written agreement.

This is an attempt by parties to cater to instances where the breach of a contract. i.e. non-performance, is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the parties.

The move to a virtual courtroom was often seen as beneficial to clients, as it contributed to cost savings.

Within the legal profession, it is ordinarily said that "if the facts are unfavorable to you, argue the law and, if the law is unfavorable to you, argue the facts."

The Johannesburg High Court recently delivered a judgment in an application for leave to appeal by the State Attorney against Viwe Notshe SC ("Mr Notshe") and the Solicitor-General of South Africa ("Solicitor-General").

Restraints of trade have become an almost automatic inclusion in many agreements. The driver behind this is the protection of commercially sensitive and confidential information.

Prescription of a debt can be described as "old debt" in which creditors may not institute legal proceedings to collect monies owed to them,

The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") recently handed down judgment in Tshaka NO and others v The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and another in which it reminded account holders to take heed...

The Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 ("the LPA") came into effect on 1 November 2018 and the Legal Practice Council ("the LPC") issued an advisory note to all advocates on 18 April 2019 related to transitional arrangements.

We have, over the years, become so accustomed to reading, hearing or even witnessing the firsthand aftermath of horrific motor vehicle accidents on South African roads, ...

The South African courts have seen a rise in litigation dealing with substitution orders, within the area of public procurement law, since the seminal Constitutional Court judgement of Trencon

Experience shows that the moment disciplinary action looms, some employees abandon the real dispute and head straight for their keyboards, hoping a social-media storm will drown out the facts.

On 25 November 2019, the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered an interesting decision dealing with copyright infringement in cinematographic films.

On December 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 others seriously injured in what, President of the United States, Barack Obama, has deemed a terrorist attack in California.

The deviation from the section 25(2)(a) and (b) plans when exercising a real right of extension has been a matter that has been deliberated on at length by our Courts and Registrars of Deeds.

In Mamlambo Construction (Pty) Ltd v Amathole District Municipality and Another (EL 294/2020) [2020] ZAECELLC 9 (12 June 2020) a review application under the Promotion of Administrative...