by Neilsons | Apr 5, 2019 | Afrikaans, English
Answer: Prescription If you want to claim money due to you, or the return of your goods, or damage to your property, then you only have 3 years in which to make a claim. The most usual scenario is when a friend or member of your family owes you money and constantly...
by Neilsons | Oct 1, 2018 | Afrikaans, English, Family Law
An acrimonious divorce was heard in the Cape High Court and then had another episode in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein. The husband, a senior advocate from Gauteng, was approximately 23 years older than his second wife. He overpowered her objections and, a day...
by Neilsons | Sep 1, 2018 | Afrikaans, English, Family Law
The fees payable to the Master of the High Court in deceased estates, has increased from 1 January 2018. Previously, the maximum amount due to the Master, was R600.00. Now, the maximum amount will be R7000.00. If the value of your estate at the time of death is...
by Neilsons | Jun 18, 2018 | Afrikaans, English
Martin van Staden wrote in a De Rebus article that, insofar as the liberty of the individual is concerned, internet access is certainly a human right. However, for a human right to be of a “human” nature, it must be a universal human right. In other words, it must be...
by Neilsons | Apr 2, 2018 | Afrikaans, English, Social Responsibility
In 2007 a company called Really Useful Investments 219 (Pty) Ltd (RUI) bought a piece of land on the beach, next to the Disa River, in Hout Bay. Thereafter RUI developed the land as a housing estate. In the process, they dumped their rubble into the river. The...
by Neilsons | Oct 16, 2017 | Afrikaans, Divorce, English
A husband in the throes of a bitter divorce action recently learnt the hard way that one should not play games with the Court when it comes to child or spousal maintenance. The High Court had made an interim order that he had to pay maintenance for his wife and...
