Bodies Corporate and HOAs: Apply Your Rules With Common Sense, or Else
The administrators of residential complexes tread a fine line. They must implement and enforce conduct rules for the good of the complex as a whole, but without unjustly...
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Bad Manager or Workplace Bully? Where the Law Draws the Line
Not every difficult manager is a workplace bully, and not every uncomfortable workplace is an unlawful one. But where exactly does the law draw the line? A 2023 Labour...
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She Fell Out of a Safari Vehicle: When Disclaimers Fail
Think a disclaimer will protect your business from liability? Not so fast. Our courts have made it clear that a disclaimer is only enforceable where consent is properly...
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Reckless Lending: You Could Lose Everything
Before you make a loan to anyone, be sure to comply fully with the strict requirements of the National Credit Act. If you don’t, you could lose your loan entirely, with a...
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Religious discrimination in the workplace
Another warning to employers to pro-actively avoid any form of unfair discrimination comes from a Labour Court’s award of compensation to an employee found to...
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Should I Hire an Experienced Defense Attorney?
Criminal defense attorneys represent people who have a lawsuit filed against them or are charged with criminal conduct. We focus our practice on criminal defense in the...
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Baby boomer: at what age must you retire?
Employers need to be particularly on their guard for cases in which a workplace dismissal is automatically unfair. Our courts take a particularly dim view of...
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The Benefits of Hiring a Criminal Defense Lawyer
If you are looking at prison time or a criminal penalty, it is extremely important to hire a criminal defense lawyer. The legal system is designed and biased so that...
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Demolish or go to jail” developer in the doghouse
30 days – that’s how long a property developer will spend in the local lock-up unless he demolishes illegal building works. A deviation from...
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Property agreements, an alteration could sink your sale!
“Agreement makes law” (Old legal maxim) Although in our law most verbal contracts are binding, property sale agreements are an exception. They must be in writing and...
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