VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW

Article by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner 8 August 2022 INTRODUCTION In the speaking notes delivered by Police Minister General Bheki Cele at the occasion of the release of the Quarter Four Crime Statistics 2021/2022 hosted in Pretoria on Friday 3 June 2022, the minister noted another increase in
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KUMALO V CYCLE LAB (PTY) LTD (31871/2008) [2011] ZAGPJHC 56

Image Rights Article by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 3 August 2022 INTRODUCTION In casu, the honourable judge Boruchowitz J deals with image rights, more specifically whether the publication by the defendant of the plaintiff’s photograph constitutes an iniuria. The Plaintiff is Julia Basetsana Kumalo (“Mrs.
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SHEERAN V CHOKRI [2022] EWHC 827 (CH)

THE “SHAPE OF YOU” COPYRIGHT BATTLE Article written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checkeb by Charlotte Clark, Senior Associate and released by Maike Gohl, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 09 May 2022 Background On 06 April 2022, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, Intellectual Property List (Chancery Division), handed down judgment in the
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Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse v Minister of Transport and Others

Article written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked by Jarrod van der Heever, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Lee Binneman and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partners at Schindlers Attorneys. 07 February 2022 Introduction In and during October 2021, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (“OUTA”), a non-profit company and civil action organisation, challenged the constitutionality of the
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Crypto Crimes and the South African Legal Framework

Article written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Shaun Piveteau, Senior Associate at Schindlers Attorneys 13 December 2021 INTRODUCTION Unlawful (or at the very least, what appears to be unlawful) cryptocurrency/Crypto assets (“Crypto”) transactions have been concluded almost immediately after blockchain technology was developed. The anonymity in the blockchain system, is a
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Smart Contracts

Why should lawyers care about coding? Article written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, check and released by Heather Kemp, Senior Associate at Schindlers Attorneys, with special thanks to Danmari Duguid, Schindlers Innovations. 20 September 2021 INTRODUCTION In and during 1994, lawyer, cryptographer and Bit Gold creator, Nick Szabo coined the term “smart contract”. Szabo has
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An overview of the South African Criminal Legal Justice System

Article written by Lesai Seema and Alisha Naik, both Candidate Attorneys, checked by Justin Sloane, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys 02 September 2021 INTRODUCTION Looking back on the criminality that stemmed from the civil unrest in South Africa, it is crucial that citizens of the Republic of South Africa familiarise themselves with the Criminal Justice System
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AN OVERVIEW OF CRYPTO ASSETS: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Article was written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Caitlin Wilde, Senior Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 30 June 2021 INTRODUCTION Bitcoin is widely considered the first ever decentralised virtual currency or crypto asset[1] in the world. The currency is said to have been created on or about 03 January 2009 by a
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APPEALS FOR OVERSTAY

Written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, and checked by Ayanda David Katjitae, Associate, and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood 19 May 2021 Introduction The South African (“SA”) Department of Home Affairs (“the Home Affairs”) is the body responsible for overseeing the determination and safeguarding of the identity and status of citizens and the regulation of immigration.
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Groundprobe Pty Ltd and Another v Reutech Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others (Case no 1226/2019) [2021] ZASCA 22 (19 March 2021)

Case summary written by Lesai Seema and checked by Ashleigh Butler 24 March 2021 Background This appeal commenced in the Court of the Commissioner of Patents as a patent infringement action instituted by GROUNDPROBE PTY LTD & GROUNDPROBE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD (the “Appellants”) against REUTECH MINING (PTY) LTD, REUNERT APPLIED ELECTRONIC and HOLDINGS (PTY)
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