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Choose Your Conveyancer with Care! A Cautionary Tale of “Fraud Unravels All”

Mar 02 LawDotNews

Buying and selling a house is probably one of the most important financial transactions you will ever be involved in. Not to mention the emotional aspect of acquiring or letting go of your “home sweet home”. This is why it’s vital to choose the right conveyancer. Case in point, a recent court battle which saw a couple losing ownership of what they had fondly believed to be their new house. A crooked attorney, in cahoots with her trustee husband, had defrauded both the original owner and the buyers at the end of the transfer chain. And in law, “fraud unravels all.”

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Effective 1 March 2026: New National Minimum Wage

Mar 02 LawDotNews

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2026 by 5% from R28,79 per hour to R30,23 per hour. Domestic workers: Assuming a work month of 22 days x 8 hours per […]

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Love and the Law: Cohabiting? Get Your House in Order Now

Jan 27 LawDotNews

“All you need is love… and a good lawyer.” (Anonymous) February, with its Valentine’s Day chocolates, roses and declarations of undying love, should be a month for romance, not legal niceties. But in the real world, love and the law […]

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How to Protect Your Business’ Brand from Copycats

Jan 27 LawDotNews

“You know you’re winning when you’re being copied.” (Robin Sharma, author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari) Whether your business is brand new or well established, you need to protect your trading, product and service names from being unlawfully […]

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Parking Disputes and the “Reasonable Neighbour” Test

Jan 27 LawDotNews

“Wouldn’t it be nice to get on with me neighbours?” (from “Lazy Sunday” by Small Faces) Maintaining friendly relations with the neighbours, or at least an “I’ll ignore you if you ignore me” sort of neutrality, has probably been a […]

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Workplace Sexual Harassment: It’s the Victim’s Perspective That Counts

Jan 27 LawDotNews

“Sexual harassment is the most heinous conduct that plagues the workplace.” (Extract from the judgment below) Our courts have no tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace, stressing that, at its core, it is concerned with power dynamics at work. […]

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Property Sales and Side Deals: Verbal Agreements Don’t Cut it!

Jan 06 LawDotNews

“With a verbal agreement you have nothing but air.” (Author and entrepreneur Robert Ringer) 2026 opens with positive signals for our property market after last year’s encouraging GDP forecasts, a credit-rating upgrade, and a series of interest rate cuts boosting […]

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When Liquidation is Inevitable: A Bad Faith Business Rescue Application Backfires

Oct 01 LawDotNews

“If you’re flogging a dead horse, make sure you’re not riding it.” (Josh Stern) Creditors and company directors alike need to know how best to deal with a company in financial distress. Both should learn to recognise the difference between […]

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The Transfer Process in a Nutshell

Oct 01 LawDotNews

“Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.” (Will Rogers) Spring is in the air and, as the annual uptick in property sales kicks in, let’s address two questions commonly asked by both sellers and buyers who […]

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Divorce Lawfare: The Serial Litigant and his Stalingrad Strategy

Sep 25 MVH Attorneys

“This [the Stalingrad Strategy] is a strategy of wearing down the plaintiff by tenaciously fighting anything the plaintiff presents by whatever means possible and appealing every ruling favourable to the plaintiff. Here, the defendant does not present a meritorious case. […]