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The importance of informed consent in medical negligence claims

18 June 2025,  Lefevré Joubert

A frequent question asked is if informed consent is an important aspect in determining a medical negligence claim, and if... a medical practitioner or medical service provider can be held liable for medical negligence if informed consent was not obtained from a patient.

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90 - DAY PENALTY CLAUSES IN BONDS

12 June 2025,  Salomé van Wyk

Whenever you sell your house and are required to cancel the existing bond, you must remember that the standard home... loan agreement has a clause reading something like the following:

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Can a minor inherit a house or farm?

03 June 2025

Parents and other family members often bequeath immovable property to their children or grandchildren. But what is the position when... the testator dies and the person standing to inherit is still a minor? Can they inherit? In this article, we look at how this position is dealt with in our law.

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“Running” into trouble: pedestrian rights matter

03 June 2025

Think you're safe sprinting through a public race? A recent court ruling says otherwise. Find out how one runner's collision... turned into a costly legal lesson—and what it means for every athlete on public routes.

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The importance of informed consent in medical negligence claims

18 June 2025,  Lefevré Joubert

A frequent question asked is if informed consent is an important aspect in determining a medical negligence claim, and if... a medical practitioner or medical service provider can be held liable for medical negligence if informed consent was not obtained from a patient.

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90 - DAY PENALTY CLAUSES IN BONDS

12 June 2025,  Salomé van Wyk

Whenever you sell your house and are required to cancel the existing bond, you must remember that the standard home... loan agreement has a clause reading something like the following:

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Can a minor inherit a house or farm?

03 June 2025

Parents and other family members often bequeath immovable property to their children or grandchildren. But what is the position when... the testator dies and the person standing to inherit is still a minor? Can they inherit? In this article, we look at how this position is dealt with in our law.

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“Running” into trouble: pedestrian rights matter

03 June 2025

Think you're safe sprinting through a public race? A recent court ruling says otherwise. Find out how one runner's collision... turned into a costly legal lesson—and what it means for every athlete on public routes.

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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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