Daan’s Snippets – 15th September 2023
Gentle Reader,
The publication of Snippets will be halted for three weeks as I will be getting married this weekend – the intended ‘guvvernment’ informs...
Daan’s Snippets – 4th September 2023
News:
· The Pretoria Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, charged with analysing blood samples and the like, is, if the photos are to be believed, bereft of...
Daan’s Snippets – 21st August 2023
News:
Lawyers misbehaving:
Family? Not that I know of, but a lady who shares my surname, stole R537m from her employer over 13 years – not...
Daan’s Snippets – 5th August 2023
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Old news and repercussions: the RAF had, some years back, decided to dump its panel of attorneys and, in the name of saving costs,...
Daan’s Snippets – 28th July 2023
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· TIA? This week past the Master’s office in Pietermaritzburg ran out of ink for the third time… Further delaying issues are the retrieval...
Daan’s Snippets – 10 July 2023
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The RAF/Discovery Health spat, regarding medical schemes’ entitlement to claim costs from the RAF, is ongoing in that the RAF has appealed to the...
Daan’s Snippets – 26th June 2023
News
Lawyers misbehaving (judging by what follows, a popular practice):
News 24 reported on a fracas over trust monies between two KZN attorneys resulting in Mr...
Daan’s Snippets – 12 June 2023
News:
Two articles were published on trusts recently, neither covering more than the basics; the following is the more elaborate of the two: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-podcasts/money-rules/everything-you-need-to-know-when-setting-up-a-trust/
As a...
Daan’s Snippets – 29 May 2023
Gentle Reader
The future master of my fate (and captain of my soul etc.) and I had undertaken a sojourn into Spain to celebrate son...
Daan’s Snippets – 29th April 2023
Gentle Reader
My fiancé (shortly to be SWMBO) and I are en route to a momentous birthday, son number one’s wedding, and my belated introduction...
Daan’s Snippets – 17th April 2023
News
· Much has been made of ChatGPT and its potential use in the legal field. The first assessment that I have come across, of...
Daan’s Snippets – 3rd April 2023
News
The RAF will appeal the ruling that it is required to refund medical aid schemes for accident-generated medical claims.
In our belated attempts to comply...