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Why businesses need PoPI consultants now more than ever

20 June 2017

The deadline for South African companies to attain compliance with the regulations laid out in the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI), is fast approaching. This according to Terry Ramabulana, Head of Public Sector at Mazars, who adds that the Act will finally come into full effect in 2018.

Watch out for the devil in the detail

29 May 2017

Did you know that your client’s former business partner may have an insurance policy on their life which they may not be able to cancel?

The inadequacy of law in the digital age

26 May 2017

Technology is advancing much more quickly than most people anticipated even a decade ago. This begs the question as to whether or not our social, economic and political institutions and structures are equipped, or have developed sufficiently, to deal with the ethical and legal challenges that these advancements have brought and are ever more rapidly bringing.

Exclusions for faulty workmanship & recalls rejected (US)

23 May 2017

A Los Angeles court found the insurer liable for a damaged shipment of corn syrup, rejecting the defences that two exclusions for precautionary recalls and faulty workmanship resulting in goods being restored, repaired or replaced applied because the damaged corn syrup was not recalled. It was just sold for a lower price.

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Question

If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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