Employers are vicariously liable when the acts of their employees create the risk of harm
September 14, 2020
By: Nick Hardie, LindsayKeller associate The development of the law to give a wider scope to vicarious liability means that an employer may be liable where their employees are engaged in their own activities. Generally,…
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa have surpassed the 200 000 mark, and with more workplaces re-opening, it is inevitable that a worker may present with symptoms related to COVID-19. It is…
By: Danie Weideman, accredited mediator, LindsayKeller Danie Weideman, an accredited mediator at LindsayKeller, provides some insight into the mediation process that has been introduced to law. Why should legal practitioners and their clients take note…
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Insurance Comic Book
June 22, 2020
As the brainchild of who else but Donald Dinnie, director at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, for the next part of the popular Big Read Book Series, the team has produced a unique Comic Book Edition of their updated
Signing a will during Lock Down
April 20, 2020
A Will must be signed by the person making it and two independent witnesses over the age of 14 who are not beneficiaries or the spouses of beneficiaries, and all three must be
Demotion as an alternative to retrenchment
March 23, 2020
A number of international and local companies have requested that their employees work from home due to the dire consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. With some employees
COVID-19 and insurance claims
March 18, 2020
If you haven’t already dusted off the business interruption, liability and event cancellation policies you have underwritten, or placed for an insured, and checked for coronavirus coverage, now is the time to do so.
Covid-19 National State of Disaster
March 17, 2020
Aadil Patel the National Head of the Employment practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr says with the increasing changes to conventional ways of working and doing business and the knock on
