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The Role and Powers of the FAIS Ombud

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By Donald Dinnie on February 22, 2022

This Supreme Court of Appeal judgment in The Ombud for Financial Services Providers and C S Brokers CC and Others [2021] ZASCA 117 is a reminder that section 20 of FAIS created the office of the Ombud as a mechanism for the speedy resolution of disputes which would otherwise be dealt with in court.

A…

Posted in Finance

Ombud must apply appropriate processes to disputes of fact

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on December 3, 2021

In November 2021 the Financial Services Tribunal emphasised that “time and again it has been pronounced that when there is a material dispute of fact, there should be a hearing of oral evidence”.

It is only once the material disputes of fact are addressed that one can conduct an enquiry into the negligence, causation…

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Failure to respond to complaint lodged against FSP

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By Raynold Tlhavani (ZA) on May 11, 2016

The January 2016 determination of the Ombud for Financial Service Providers in Johannes William van Breda v Alesio Mogentale & Another is a good reminder of the powers of the Ombud where an FSP fails to respond to a complaint made against it.

The complaint arose from a failed investment into a product known as…

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