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In a recent ruling relating to the well-known "Please Call Me" (PCM) case, the Gauteng Provincial Division of the High Court, in Pretoria, has ordered the defendant to go back to the drawing board...

It has been said that "restraints of trade are not worth the paper they are written on". This is far from the truth as many employees have learnt, the hard way.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition to remote working capabilities, an employment contract would often refer to an employee's ‘place of work'.

Women married under customary law will soon have equal rights to marital assets should they divorce.

The Financial Advisory and Intermediaries Services Act ("the Act") defines a Financial Service Provider ("provider") as any person who...

Since the promulgation of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014, on 22 September 2014, legal practitioners waited for the day that the Minister of Justice would promulgate the hours for community service. That day came on 3 May 2022, eight years later.

Recently, the Johannesburg High Court dismissed a personal injury case against an institution, finding no evidence of negligence or wrongdoing on its part.

There have been reports regarding the rise of non-indemnity claims stemming from unnatural deaths. This is certainly worrying for life insurers.

A few media houses have recently reported that Mr. Erlo Goshai, a Cape Town motorist, has warned motorists to "read the fine print when entering into contracts with their insurance company to make sure they are adequately covered".

In Thermos Hong Kong Limited v Doshi Ironmongers Limited (Civil Appeal (Application) E013 of 2021) [2022] KECA 544 (KLR), the Kenyan Court of Appeal had to determine whether a party had a second right to appeal an appellate decision from the High Court in relation to a trade mark dispute.

In June 2017 we commented here, in respect of the WTO's decision to uphold legislation in Australia which severely restricted the advertisement of tobacco products on the ground that the legislation qualified as a legitimate public health measure.

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Round of 16 and quarterfinals have concluded, with eight nations exiting the tournament: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon...

The dispute that first piqued my interest in intellectual property law was between The Rolling Stones and The Verve over the song Bittersweet Symphony in the late 1990s.

Commercial Auto Glass (Pty) Limited has been unsuccessful in its appeal against a judgment of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court interdicting it from infringing the registered trade marks.

In recent years, we have witnessed explosive growth of online marketplaces and the increasing prevalence of e-commerce businesses.

JK Rowling recently announced a relaxation of the copyright licence terms usually associated with the series of Harry Potter books, thereby allowing teachers around the world to record and post videos of themselves...

Dance as a copyright-protected work came under the international spotlight over the last year in the USA.

South Africa is on the cusp of significant intellectual property law reform, with a new Patent Bill and Design Amendment Bill expected to be presented to the South African parliament in early 2026. The Department of Trade and Industry, together with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), recently hosted a stakeholder workshop on 23 September 2025 in Pretoria to outline the anticipated changes and gather feedback from the broader IP community.