You know when you’ve been merrily doing a particular thing for years and then an influencer gives it a new name, brings it into popular consciousness and suddenly it’s trendy? (Not wearing make-up, being a ‘girl boss’, running in the rain or … going for a walk?) That seems [...]
For a long time, users of legal services have been getting the short end of the stick, from incomprehensible contracts and confusing court procedures to the way law firms bill for their time. But the tide is turning, and lawyers who want to stay afloat have to start putting [...]
In week 6 of our POPI DIY programme we look at what an operator is, and how to make sure you have the right operator contracts in place with yours. In terms of POPI an operator is a person or company who processes personal information on behalf of the responsible [...]
As far as we are concerned, there is no question and it turns out that we are not alone in condemning the use of 'the bastard conjunction and/or'. As early as 1932 the American Bar Association Journal described it as an 'accuracy-destroying symbol' and 'a device for the encouragement of mental laziness'. [...]
Oh, the scourge of the fine print! How we wish we could get rid of it. But sometimes (not all that often), there are very real risks facing a business which, should they materialise, could sink it. In comes the lawyer... Attorneys have a tendency to exclude liability for everything [...]