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The current assessment process for general damages in the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is facing significant challenges due to delayed and inconsistent claims assessments.

In the judgment handed down on 25 April 2024, Mafisa v Road Accident Fund and Another, the Constitutional Court dealt with an application for leave to appeal...

Recently Bell Dewar advised the Road Accident Fund in respect of a plethora of challenges brought by the organised legal profession.

Protecting older persons from abuse is both a legal duty and a social responsibility. The Older Persons Act 13 of 2006 ("the Act") places clear obligations on individuals, professionals and communities...

The term ‘litis contestatio' refers to the stage in civil legal proceedings when pleadings have closed as the issues in dispute have been defined and finalised between the litigating parties.

Recent decisions by the Court of Appeal have firmly slammed the door on prospects for appeals from arbitration, upholding as sterling the principle of finality...

The landmark Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision in Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others v Wescoal Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others (2025 ZASCA 5) reshaped the business rescue landscape...

WK Construction (Pty) Ltd v Moores Rowland and Others (952 of 2020) [2022] ZASCA 44...

You authorise your lawyers to take action. Soon, colleagues ask for timelines and likely outcomes. From the outside, the matter seems to move in slow motion.

Following the recent Experian data breach, the South African Information Regulator took the opportunity to stress the importance of organisations' ...

Prior to the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011, the Commissioner: South African Revenue Service was required to apply for a preservation order under the common law.

In Roshcon v Anchor Auto Body Builders, the Supreme Court of Appeal has clarified the issues caused by its previous decision in SARS v NWK Limited.

A recent judgment in the Western Cape High Court deals with the limitation on collection costs that a debtor can be charged in terms of a credit agreement under the National Credit Act.

A person may not render financial services unless he or she is an authorised financial services provider or is appointed as a representative of an authorised financial services provider.

In a ruling delivered on 7 December 2020, the Supreme Court in Uganda (Court), held that the Court of Appeal is the last appellate court in labour matters arising from the Industrial Court.

The spread of the novel COVID-19 in South Africa has prompted the government to intensify its efforts in assisting the most vulnerable people in our country including the provision of recent...

Under section 24C of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, if a taxpayer receives income under a contract in a tax year.

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") considered whether an appellate court can grant a final winding-up order in a proceeding against a company...