May 16, 2019

THE DOCTRINE OF SUBROGATION – YOUR VEHICLE INSURANCE COMPANY CLAIMS TOO

Motor vehicle collision matters do not only concern delictual liability on the part of a wrongdoer and the rights of an innocent party/claimant. The involvement of […]
June 21, 2018

The enduring saga of Land Reform and Expropriation

In April 2018, the Joint Constitutional Review Committee of Parliament called for written public submissions on the review of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic […]
April 19, 2018

A conceptual overview of the age-old acquisitive prescription of immovable property, expropriation & Section 25 of the Constitution

Governed by the Prescription Act 18 of 1943 and Prescription Act 68 of 1969, acquisitive prescription is an original form of acquisition whereby a right of […]
December 11, 2017

THE PRACTICAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEDIATION PROCESS

Lay persons are often uncertain about how to go about the actual commencement of the mediation process. It is in fact quite simple and easy to […]
October 23, 2017

Awareness of the practice and applicability of mediation in civil law

As briefly canvassed by the writer in a former article, awareness appears to be the biggest hindrance to the wide-spread use of mediation in the civil […]
May 24, 2017

MEDIATION AND THE PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL EVICTION FROM AND UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION OF LAND ACT, NO. 19 OF 1998.

South African legislation appears to make provision for the practice and benefits of mediation outside of the typical family, labour and commercial law arenas.[1] The popular […]
May 24, 2017

MEDIATION COULD SAVE YOU SIGNIFICANT COSTS IN LITIGATION!

Mediation is a process in which parties to a dispute endeavour to reach a settlement though negotiations, facilitated by an independent third party known as the […]
May 24, 2017

“PSSSSSST… HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MEDIATION”?

Mediation is a process in which parties to a dispute endeavour to reach a settlement though negotiations[1] facilitated by an independent third party (the ‘mediator’).[2] Through […]
May 24, 2017

COURT-ANNEXED MEDIATION AND SECTION 34 OF CONSTITUTION

Compulsory court-annexed mediation provides that whenever an appearance to defend is instituted in civil proceedings, the matter is referred to mediation in an attempt to settle […]
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