A New School Year Dawns – Can Unpaid Fees Bar Your Child From Enrolling?
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” (Mark Twain) Our Constitution guarantees everyone rights to education, but [...]
This Wedding Season: What’s in a Surname?
“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” (Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet) Your [...]
Divorce and the New Three-Pot System: Another Risk To Manage
“Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.” (Rita Mae Brown) How will the new “Three-Pot Retirement [...]
Divorce Diaries: Anti-Dissipation Orders in Action
“Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.” (Anon) In the boiler room that is the divorce court, it’s common [...]
Siblings Feuding Over a Business: Can You Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order?
“It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse [...]
A Valentine’s Day Thought for Life Partners: What is a “Universal Partnership”?
“Marriage is the chief cause of divorce” (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic [...]
How Does the New Divorce Act Ruling Affect You?
Media reports of the recent Constitutional Court decision holding a section of the Divorce Act unconstitutional and giving Parliament 24 [...]
Dementia: Understanding Your Legal Options
“Dementia is the plague of our time, the disease of the century” (Unattributed) Dementia is a widespread medical condition that [...]
Divorce: What is Forfeiture of Benefits and When is it Ordered?
“So often, a party in a divorce is so aggrieved and upset by their spouse's behaviour during the marriage, and [...]
Maintenance Claims and Life Partners
More and more couples are opting to live together as permanent life partners rather than enter into a formal marriage. [...]
