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RAF Delighted at the Long Sentence Imposed on a Thieving Lawyer

29 January 2024 | General

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is delighted at the 10-year jail term that was imposed on a thieving lawyer by the Durban specialised commercial crimes court. Langelihle Dube was sentenced for the theft of R2.3m belonging to his clients. The amount includes a minor’s R1.4m that was paid to the attorney’s trust account by the RAF.

Indemnity Schemnity

26 January 2024 | General

Understanding the pitfalls of standard contractual indemnities

Role of intention and punctuation when interpreting insurance guarantees

26 January 2024 | General

In January 2024 the High Court held that an insurer’s guarantee that ambiguously contained two incompatible expiry dates, namely the date of issue of the final completion certificate under the construction contract and the date on which the contractor had to pay under the consequent final payment certificate, should be interpreted in a businesslike fashion against the insurer. The insurance guarantee had not expired because the payment had not yet been made under the final payment certificate when performance was demanded from the insurer.