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Court rules life partners are spouses for intestate succession
Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others [2020] ZAWCHC 111 The applicant (B) and R met in February 2014 and they started living together in his house in June 2014. The undisputed evidence before the court was that R treated B as his wife. To friends,...
Market Movements
It has been a volatile week on the global markets, due particularly to Tech stock taking quite a knock and vaccine trials having stumbled a bit.
This recent case highlights the importance of ensuring that a testator is in sound mind at the time of signature of his/her will and the onus of proof thereof.
Court case – Testator’s soundness of mind Vermaak NO and Another v Jacobs and Others [2019] ZAGPJHC 346 The first plaintiff (V) took over as executor of the deceased estate of L from the second plaintiff’s (E) husband (P), after P passed away. L made a joint will...
Now workplaces take charge ….
The government appears to have switched from control to collaboration in managing the latest phase (level three) of the Covid-19 lockdown. Whereas previous lockdown levels involved the micromanagement of what citizens could and could not do,the government...
What to expect during level 3!
Our Office operational arrangements for the month of June 2020..... We have, during the entire Lockdown period thus far, been lucky to have been able to operate remotely at full complement, and more recently, during Level 4, have had rotating teams operating from our...