by Neilsons Attorneys | Mar 29, 2022 | Delict and Civil Claims, Property
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 body corporate and an electrician were also sued but escaped liability....
by Neilsons Attorneys | Mar 29, 2022 | Delict and Civil Claims
“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 intend to conclude, it is for that party to ensure that the extent...
by Neilsons Attorneys | Dec 1, 2021 | Delict and Civil Claims
“… it is by now long established in our law that the owner or other person or entity in control of a shopping mall has a legal duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that its premises are ‘reasonably safe’ for those members of the public who might frequent them …...