A Cape Town law firm – W Van Der Schyff Attorneys – has been found to have been negligent in dealing with a Road Accident Fund (RAF) damages claim by its client, an ambulance driver involved in a collision in 2011.
William van der Schyff, who was responsible for pursuing the claim against the RAF, was also found to have breached the mandate due to the negligence, reports the Cape Times.
Donovan Moose claimed that because of the lawyer’s breach of the agreement – or the breach of its legal duty to him – his RAF claim had prescribed as the lawyer had wrongfully and negligently failed to prosecute the RAF claim timeously and within the statutory time of five years.
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