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Repercussions for all attorneys that appear on the “non-practising roll” as the South African Legal Practice Council sets to implement fee

20 October 2019

FAnews received comment from a concerned reader which effects all "non-practising" attorneys

Understanding the legal principles that distinguish a retirement fund from the employer

16 October 2019

It may surprise many employers to realise that there are currently no legal obligations placed on employers to give an employee any retirement benefits, and very often the employee is left to make his own arrangements.

Animals cannot commit vandalism and malicious mischief (US)

14 October 2019

An insured sued under their Dwelling Policy for a substantial amount of damage that had been caused to their home by racoons which somehow entered the dwelling. They relied on the cover provided for ‘vandalism and malicious mischief’ which cannot be applied to animals, said the Pennsylvania court.

Russian roulette is self-inflicted injury not suicide (US)

08 October 2019

A Texas court held that the insurers did not have to pay the death claim for a teenager who died when he pulled the trigger of a revolver with the barrel in his mouth and one bullet in the cylinder killed him instantly, because it was excluded by the policy exclusion for death caused directly or indirectly by self-inflicted injury.

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