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NEVERMIND NIRVANA
Elden’s lawyers alleged that the full-frontal nudity image of him on the album cover constitutes commercial child pornography and that each of the Nirvana defendants had robbed Elden of his dignity and privacy. They argued that neither Elden nor his legal guardians...
Health Scared by Health Squared
The recent announcement by Health Squaredmedical scheme that it would be applying forvoluntary liquidation and that all healthcarecover to its members would terminate on 31August 2022, has sent shockwaves through themedical schemes industry and induced panicamongst...
The stark reality of non-disclosure clauses
It is a fundamental principle of insurance lawthat there is a duty of utmost good faith upon anapplicant to disclose material information to aninsurer. Health insurance contracts, as offered by medical schemes to their members, are subject to this same duty of...
Medihelp ordered to pay for life-saving treatment
The Pretoria High Court handed down a welcome judgement on 26 August 2022 regarding the funding of Elaprase by Medihelp Medical Scheme (“Medihelp”) for the treatment of three year old Zachary De Wet’s rare genetic condition called Hunters Syndrome MPS II (“MPS II”)....
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Power of Attorney
A power of attorney is a legal documnet whereby the individual ( "the principles ") appoints another person to manage his/her ("the agent") to manage his/hers on his her her affairs on his/her. The power of will set out the nature and and scope of the agents to act on...
Commandement #11 Thou shalt not sign surety!
If your business/company utilises suretyship agreements, you must ensure that the suretyship agreement complies with all the legal requirements as set out in the General Law Amendment Act 50 of 1956 ("the Act") For example - one of the requirements of a valid...
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