Since 2020, legal practitioners in the UK predicted that data protection litigation would increase in the coming years. Data protection litigation in the EU was quite widespread as data subjects began to lodge claims directly with civil courts (as opposed [...]
If you've heard about or received an information notice from the information regulator, you may be wondering what it is and whether it's harmless. The truth is there's a lot for you to consider and action that you will need [...]
The information regulator published rules on the procedure a complainant should follow to submit a complaint to them. The rules set out detailed information on how the regulator will handle complaints. In this post, we summarise the rules, enable [...]
Good shareholder relationships are important. According to the Romans, community of property or co-ownership was the mother of all disputes. And this still holds true today. How often does the following scenario play out? Shareholder Relationships can go Wrong Two [...]
A class action is quite common in other parts of the world and until recently South African courts haven't properly addressed the issue. This has all changed with the Transnet class action, South Africa's first and largest suit of its [...]
When resolving domain disputes, there are various different approaches or courses of action that you can follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to you. Each one has its own cost implications. [...]
When it comes to domain squatting, there are various different approaches or courses of action that you can follow in an attempt to get the registrant of a domain name to transfer it to you. Each one has its own [...]
The costs of resolving domain name disputes vary greatly. The costs are made up of costs or expenses that are payable to third parties and our fees. Our fees are provided on the basis that we have given you an [...]
People often contact us saying they want a specific <.za> domain name. We have set out what we consider to be the best approach in these matters (based on our previous experience) in an article entitled I want that domain [...]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) performs the administrative functions relating to generic top level domain (gTLD) names. Generic top level domain disputes are determined by the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Rules for Uniform [...]
Why don't you outsource your domain name dispute to South Africa? There are two things you should do when it comes to allocating legal work most effectively. The first is that of decomposing legal work and the second is the [...]
I have recently been negotiating some complex IT contracts for a client and again witnessed the disconnect between the IT vendor and its customer. I was reminded how often this leads to legal problems, difficulties, and disputes. What follows is [...]
