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Don’t Just Leave Your Loved Ones Assets – Leave Them a Legacy!
“A Legacy Letter is a way for you to share your values, life lessons, cherished memories, hopes for your family’s future, and anything else that is really important to you.” Estate planning is key...
Beware The Badly Worded Bond Clause!
“The terms of the contract are the decisive criterion by which any potential expiry of a deadline has to be determined” (extract from the judgment below) A recent High Court decision provides yet...
Website of the Month: 3 Things the Most Productive People Do Every Day
“Here’s how to expand your mind’s abilities to get more done” Boosting productivity is one of the fundamentals of success in both our personal and our professional lives. “Get more done in less...
Property Owner and Body Corporate Liable After Child’s Electrocution?
A recent High Court decision saw both a sectional title unit owner and his cupboard contractor held liable for damages suffered by an 11-year-old boy electrocuted by a communal tap. The complex’s...
Don’t Accidentally Disqualify Your Chosen Heirs from Inheriting!
“Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.” (Ambrose Bierce) Your will (“Last Will and Testament”) will always be the keystone of your estate planning, and a recent High...
Exemption Clauses and Thieving Employees: Can You Sue (or Be Sued)?
"Where one of the parties wishes to be absolved either wholly or partially from an obligation or liability which would or could arise at common law under a contract of the kind which the parties...