by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
After some time the Cybercrimes Act was signed into law on the 01 June 2021 although it has not come into force yet. Members of the public often get confused about this and ask: ‘How can it be an Act and not be in force?’. While it does not always happen,...
by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
Around 2011 I was approached by a debtor who was recently retrenched and needed to get (free) legal advice. The debtor was massively over-indebted and had no assets at all. I proceeded to consider the three tools available to over-indebted people: administration...
by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
Kyknet recently released a news report (click here for the Youtube video) where they interviewed Paul Esselaar on the right of privacy of Nelson Mandela as well the right of privacy of the relatives. The book, which is written by Dr Vejay Ramlakan and published by...
by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
For many years consumer lawyers have been puzzling over section 69 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 and whether it creates a mandatory route that a dissatisfied consumer needs to follow. While the section sets out several forums that a consumer may approach,...
by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
I recently finished a seminar on the National Credit Amendment Act with a great and highly informed audience. Obviously this article cannot address all the changes to the Act but these are the high level things that stood out for me: 1. The Act has been signed into...
by Paul Esselaar | Jun 26, 2023 | Legal Articles
The South African Police Services have recently published their draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which are required in terms of section 26 of the Cybercrimes Act no. 19 of 2020. While we plan to make detailed comments on the SOPs themselves, from a high-level...