The Johannesburg High Court discussed the balance between the constitutional right to freedom of expression and the required respect for inherent dignity ‘to all human beings’.
The defendant in Mostert v Nash argued the allegedly defamatory statements made about the plaintiff were true and in the public interest.
It is for the defendant in a
The following definition of ‘spouse’ was included in recent draft legislation.
The definition may be useful when you need to define the term in a contract. The definition will have to be adapted to the specific requirements and wording of the rest of the document.
‘spouse’ in relation to any person at the relevant time
In January 2019, Norton Rose Fulbright published ‘Ten things to know’ about insurance regulation in 20 Asia Pacific countries. The guide is hosted on our free subscription premium content site, the Institute, as an interactive map featuring the 20 jurisdictions.
It covers the following countries for those interested in investing or doing business with
The Competition Amendment Act was signed into law on 13 February 2019. The Act’s aim is to ‘open up new opportunities for many South Africans to enter various sectors of the economy and compete on an equal footing’. This sentiment is the spirit throughout the Act and the draft regulations that are undergoing an extensive
The Cyber Risk Management (CyRiM) Report 2019 shows that the economic damage to the world from a concerted global cyber-attack propagated by malicious email could range between $85 billion (least severe) to $193 billion (most severe).
Retail at least could suffer the highest total economic loss globally ($15 billion), followed by healthcare ($10 billion) and
Where a squirrel found its way onto a power station’s electrical transformer triggering an electrical arc that killed the squirrel and caused damage to the municipality’s property of $213 524, the court denied the municipality all-risks insurance cover because of an exclusion for ‘loss caused by arcing or by electrical currents other than lightning’.
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