Daan’s Snippets – 6th July 2026
Practice News
AI and its potential in taking (legal) jobs away has been much in the news: the following article is quite interesting and has...
Daan’s Snippets – 23rd May 2026
Practice News
· This week past the LPC reminded us to file a 2026 Risk and Compliance Return before 31 July. This is a particularly...
Daan’s Snippets – 11 May 2026
Gentle reader
I have not published for some six weeks, owing to having relocated to Pretoria; some of the news in this publication may therefore...
Daan’s Snippets – 30 March 2026
Gentle Reader,
Today will be my last day in Pietermaritzburg. I shall go into semi-retirement and become a consultant! On 1 April nogal.
SWMBO and I...
Daan’s Snippets – 15th March 2026
Practice News
ScandalsA judge, charged with theft, money-laundering and contempt of court linked to an RAF claim, insists that the case against him is based...
Daan’s Snippets – 20th February 2026
News:
Lady Justice with her foot on a tortoise – does that image portray slow and sure or just slow? A free state judge has...
Daan’s Snippets – 9th February 2026
Practice News
The debate surrounding the SCA judgement on the value of assets declared in an accrual ANC, roils on and I suspect that the...
Daan’s Snippets – 26th January 2026
Practice News
Hardened newsmakers:
NPA: the SIU head, Adv Mothibi was appointed by the Prez after he rejected the six proffered potential appointees as unsuitable; good luck to him!
The NPA reportedly paid a lot...
Daan’s Snippets – 18th December 2025
Practice News
Lawyers Misbehaving:
Much has been made in the news of Mr. Simelane being nominated for appointment as NDPP leader, despite the Constitutional Court having...
Daan’s Snippets – 27th November 2025
Practice News
Lawyers misbehaving: News24 reported on a Gauteng High Court judge having been arrested for corruption; the SAPS must have a particularly strong case...
Daan’s Snippets – 16th November 2025
Practice News
A recent news report on cyber fraud noted that some 100,000 South African accounts had been hacked in the past year and R1.9...
Daan’s Snippets – 3rd November 2025
Practice
News
The Northern Cape High Court has overruled the MEC for Agriculture, holding that rhino conservation breeding facilities may be granted permits to export rhino...
