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Our client, Mr André Pilz, has been travelling through Africa on his bicycle since April 2013. To date he has done 15 000 km and is currently in

AIM MEDIATION CAFÉ

AIM hosted Dr Panos Lazanas at a Mediation Café on 30 September 2015 at The Cape Town Club Town. The presentation and discussion was on: What

If you think you have a good legal case but can’t afford to pursue it, the Contingency Fees Act may have some good news for you. 

What happens if someone is injured or killed, or suffers some other form of loss on your property?  Three recent court cases highlight your risk of

Our business rescue legislation aims to save, wherever possible, any company in financial difficulty from total collapse and liquidation. So for example the BRP (Business Rescue

“Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them” (Solon, Athenian lawgiver c. 638 BC – 559 BC) Here’s the story

“We used to terrorize our babysitters when I was little, except for my grandfather because he used to read to us from his will” (comic Janine

“Good fences make good neighbours” (Robert Frost – Mending Wall 1919) When you find out that the fence/wall/house your neighbour is building, or has built, is

An action plan for employers, creditors and debtors. “The ability of people to earn an income and support themselves and their families is central to the

POPI: DON’T PANIC!

“Don’t Panic” (Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) Almost every business in South Africa will be affected by POPI (the Protection of Personal Information Act),