Case summary written by Alisha Naik and checked by Kirsten Chetty. 01 February 2021 Background Nombulelo Cynthia Chiloane (“the Employee”) was said to have cashed a company cheque without following Standard Bank Limited’s (“the Employer”) internal procedures. It later transpired that the cashed cheque was fraudulent, which caused the Employer a loss of approximately R30,000.00.

Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jordan Dias. 03 February 2021 Background The Respondent, Apple Inc. (“Apple”), applied to register its IWATCH trademark. The Appellant, Swatch AG (“Swatch”), opposed these applications contending that the IWATCH and SWATCH marks were confusingly similar and that the IWATCH mark was likely to deceive or cause

By Blake Hamilton, Candidate Attorney and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner 22 January 2021 Introduction The world is being propelled into utter turmoil with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been almost a year since the global pandemic struck South Africa, and for many months, people around the world have had to restructure their lifestyles, buying

The General Valuation Rolls to the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan General Valuation Roll shall be released for public inspection and comment on 24 February 2021. It will remain open for inspection and objection, if needed, until 18 June 2021.  It is the responsibility of every property owner to check the municipal property valuations and/or categorisation

By Lisa Schmidt (Associate), Lauren Squier (Associate), and Marc Gevers (Candidate Attorney) Introduction This article briefly looks at some of the fundamental duties and roles of both Trustees and Managing Agents in respect of sectional title schemes. Important concepts In order to understand the general concepts of this article, it is necessary to establish the

Case summary written by Jarrod Van Der Heever and checked by Stefan Bezuidenhout. 17 December 2020 Background Xolani Khomo (“the Accused”) pleaded guilty to murder. The provisions of section 51(2) and Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act (“the Act”) were applicable to the charge in terms of which the Accused, being

By Stef de Gouveia and Saul Mayers Background Fujitsu Services Core (Pty) Ltd (the “Plaintiff”) purchased and imported a consignment of laptops and accessories and engaged the services of Schenker South Africa (Pty) Ltd (the “Defendant”) to assist it as its freight forwarding agent pursuant to the commercial agreement (the “Agreement”) concluded between the parties.

Case summary written by Courtney Altmuner and checked by Danmari Duguid 5 December 2020 Background This is an interlocutory application brought before the High Court of South Africa, KwaZulu Natal Division, Pietermaritzburg (“the Court”), in terms of Uniform Rule 35(3) of the Uniform Rules of Court, in which the Applicant sought a copy of one

Case no: JA78/18 In the matter between: ESKOM HOLDINGS SOC LTD – Appellant NATIONAL UNION OF MINEWORKERS – First Respondent MI MAPONYA AND 7 OTHERS – Second Respondents Held: 21 November 2019Delivered: 06 January 2020 Summary: Contractual claim – employer implementing ad hoc salaryadjustment but not at the amount stipulated in the memorandum – employee