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GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

06 December 2024,  Lefevré Joubert

In South Africa, owning a firearm is a significant responsibility, particularly with the current climate of crime and security concerns.

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Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

03 December 2024

Can the conduit principle be used in structures where there are multiple trusts? This issue has recently been heard by... the Constitutional Court in the case of Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (CCT 337/22) [2024] ZACC 19 which has guided how to tax capital gains in multi-tiered trust structures.

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When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

03 December 2024

There is often great uncertainty and misconceptions when it comes to the resignation of trustees of a trust. In this... article, we look at the requirements for the resignation of a trustee from an inter vivos trust and a testamentary trust. 

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Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

03 December 2024

The duty to maintain a child is of utmost importance. But what happens when your financial circumstances change, causing you... to fall behind on maintenance payments? Can you challenge the maintenance order in such a situation?

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GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

06 December 2024,  Lefevré Joubert

In South Africa, owning a firearm is a significant responsibility, particularly with the current climate of crime and security concerns.

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206
Article

Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

03 December 2024

Can the conduit principle be used in structures where there are multiple trusts? This issue has recently been heard by... the Constitutional Court in the case of Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (CCT 337/22) [2024] ZACC 19 which has guided how to tax capital gains in multi-tiered trust structures.

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When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

03 December 2024

There is often great uncertainty and misconceptions when it comes to the resignation of trustees of a trust. In this... article, we look at the requirements for the resignation of a trustee from an inter vivos trust and a testamentary trust. 

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Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

03 December 2024

The duty to maintain a child is of utmost importance. But what happens when your financial circumstances change, causing you... to fall behind on maintenance payments? Can you challenge the maintenance order in such a situation?

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Filter: Litigation
Attorney gets justice for victim after RAF failings

09 December 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

The astonishing story of how the Road Accident Fund (RAF) failed an accident victim, who had to wait 12 years... to be paid out 

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Summons must be properly delivered, court rules

03 September 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

Leaving a summons lying on the grass where it can blow away or not be noticed is not the appropriate... way to serve it, especially if the document involves something as big as the possibility of losing one’s home.

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Level 2 Regulations Tougher on Evictions

25 August 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

In addition to elaborating on the conditions in terms of which restrictions on economic and other activity under Covid-19 lockdown... level two may be relaxed, the new disaster management regulations list factors to be considered by a court when determining whether to ‘suspend or stay’ an eviction or demolition order until the end of the State of Disaster.

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Will First Offender Drunken Drivers Go To Jail?

15 June 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

In a recent Appeal Court Case the appellant had been convicted of driving whilst under the influence of liquor, in... violation of section 65(1) (a) of the National Road Traffic Act and driving without a valid driver's licence, in contravention of section 12(a) of the Act.

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Future Medical Claims : Common Law Developed To Include Payment In Kind

03 June 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

Until a recent Gauteng High Court judgement, our common law stipulated that damages must be paid in money and must... include all past and future damages, the so called “once and for all rule”.

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Cyberbullies be warned!

22 November 2019,  Lefevré Joubert

The ever-increasing drive to take part in the fourth industrial revolution and the increasing use of social media by the... public has increased the risk of cyber harassment and the risk of falling victim to this specific type of crime.

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Mr Attorney, where is my money?

24 July 2019

Property transactions usually involve the transfer of large sums of money

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Can I institute legal action on behalf of my body corporate?

07 June 2019

I live in a sectional title that used to have beautiful common property areas. The last year or two though,... owners have been causing damage to these garden areas and walkways and the body corporate is doing nothing to stop it. Can I take legal action against the owners that are causing the damage or can only the body corporate do something?

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