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The South African Patents Act sets out a number of requirements for a patent to be valid. For example, the invention claimed in a patent must be new and not obvious.

Two recent decisions in New Zealand and the United States of America illustrate the importance of and recognition given to copyright in the music industry, and the need to ensure ...

Registered designs are one of the pillars of the intellectual property (IP) law system. Yet patents, trade marks and copyright get most of the headlines.

Trade mark non-use cases come up a lot. A non-use cancellation action might be filed in response to a threat, such as an infringement claim or a trade mark opposition.

The Financial Services Tribunal's decision in Sehlabaka v The Pension Funds Adjudicator & Others delivers a stern reminder: the three-year time limit for filing complaints with the Pension Funds...

In the recent judgment handed down by the full bench of the High Court of South Africa, Free State Division, Bloemfontein on 13 February 2026 ("Full Bench")...

In the case of Lee v Road Accident Fund, the Gauteng Division of the High Court held that default judgments are not appealable and that a party's application to seek leave to appeal a default judgment...

When a judge confronts perceived irregularities in settled litigation, how far may the judge go without crossing the line into professional misconduct?

The Body Corporate of Kirtlington Park, who since its inception levied an equal amount of levy-contributions from all its members, and in 2016 formally adopted the "equal levy rule", is surely considering...

The debarment of representatives and key individuals of Financial Service Providers ("FSPs") is regulated by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002.

Are there ever circumstances where it would be considered permissible for a legal representative to settle a matter on their client's behalf without instruction to do so? And if so, when?

In the case of Louis Jonker and Johanna Jonker v the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of SA and others ..

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ("the SCA") in Dr Waa Gouws (Johannesburg) v HR Computek (Pty) Ltd and Others considered...

In Lebashe Investment Group (Pty) Ltd and Others v United Democratic Movement and Another ("Lebashe"), the Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") considered the appealability of an order dismissing an exception.

There have been conflicting judgments in regard to whether a notice of intention to except in terms of Rule 23(1) of the High Court Rules is an appropriate response to a notice of bar.

As such, this clause protects the seller from liability for certain defects that exist on the property.

When the wording of a construction-related guarantee is ambiguous, the intention of the parties involved is key in determining its true nature.

Under South African laws, the commissioning of oaths is regulated in terms of the Justices of The Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963.