by BHadmin | Jul 31, 2018 | News
CREDITORS AND DEBTORS: IMPORTANT NEW PRESCRIPTION JUDGMENT “Running into debt isn’t so bad. It’s running into creditors that hurts” (Unknown) Debts prescribe (become uncollectable) after a specified period of time – 3 years for most run-of-the-mill debts but 30...
by BHadmin | Jul 31, 2018 | News
CLOSING DOWN THE GUESTHOUSE NEXT DOOR: NOTES FOR OWNERS AND NEIGHBOURS “You can be a good neighbour only if you have good neighbours” (Howard E. Koch, playwright)You decide – for whatever reason – that your neighbour’s new guesthouse is definitely not first...
by BHadmin | Jun 15, 2018 | News
LIFE PARTNERS: BEWARE THE “COMMON LAW MARRIAGE” MYTH! “The general rule of our law is that cohabitation does not give rise to special legal consequences, no matter how long the relationship has endured” (From a 2010 High Court judgment and still applicable) One of the...
by BHadmin | Jun 15, 2018 | News
WHISTLEBLOWERS: WHAT IF YOUR DISCLOSURE IS FACTUALLY WRONG? For many years now the “Whistleblower’s Act” (actually the Protected Disclosures Act or “PDA”) has been providing protection to employees who report unlawful or improper conduct by their employers or fellow...
by BHadmin | Jun 15, 2018 | News
ROAD RAGE – SUE, AND REPORT IT! “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” (Comedian George Carlin) We live in stressful times, and as our roads become busier and the pressures of modern life...
