Beware of the Long Time Child Maintenance Debts take to Prescribe!
Child maintenance is a critical solution in law, it allows for the most basic care for the most helpless in society, our children. Recently, our courts have been called upon to decide how important a debt created by a child maintenance order is, after it hasn’t been...
Building or Renovating? Take Note of the New Property Laws
There has been a steady move towards a property industry that is more consumer-focused and offers consumers more protection. This is evident through the introduction of new legislation relating to property and building that has either been proposed or has already...
The Three-Year Deadline – When Suspicion becomes the Date, the Clock Starts Ticking…
We have been aware of the period we refer to as prescription in law, where there is time barring on the ability to claim a debt. Quid essentially, when does the time start running? From a general point of departure, it is when the debt becomes due. But what about a...
Civil Litigation – an Overview
Litigation is the process of taking a legal dispute to court. Civil litigation is ordinarily between two or more parties and is conducted in a public forum. This process is formal and highly regulated. The entire matter is of public record for anyone, including the...
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