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M&A transactions: environmental insurance for contaminated sites Chemicals: Horizons

The allocation of risks arising from contaminated sites, irrespective of their location worldwide, is a frequent point of discussion in M&A transactions in the chemical industry. The...

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COVID-19: A global guide

Global governmental, regulatory, and other legal responses to the coronavirus pandemic.*

Published Works

Harm v wrongfulness or negligence: Parents beware Insurance Gateway

Just in time before the holidays, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) again highlighted the dangers of conflating or confusing the elements of delict with each other. At the same time, it...

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Novus actus interveniens

Often the most difficult aspects of the Aquilian Action to understand are those of causation. Causation comprises various aspects and includes what is often seen purely as a defence in the...

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Disclosure: Material or non-material?

The rejection of a claim by an insurer on the basis of material non-disclosure by the insured came to the fore again in November last year in Regent Insurance Company Ltd v King's Property...

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An informed patient is a happy patient

The doctrine of informed consent was introduced into South African law in 1994 by the case of Castell v De Greef [1994] 4 All SA 63 (C). It was previously discussed in the 1976 matter of Ric...

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