Can You Sign an Affidavit Over Zoom?
“These technological developments would have seemed far-fetched and science fiction a brief few years ago.” (Extract from judgment below) It’s an important question – the
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When to Lawyer Up
“The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the lawyers of
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How to Stop Someone Damaging Your Good Name on Social Media
“He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.” (Shakespeare) As our lives
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Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s Off to Court We Go – But What are the Costs of Suing?
“Agree, for the law is costly” (Marcus Tullius Cicero) As Roman lawyer and statesman Cicero pointed out two millennia ago, litigation comes at a cost.
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Directors, Creditors – Do Personal Suretyships Survive Business Rescue?
“Creditors have better memories than debtors” (Benjamin Franklin) In these hard times of pandemic and economically destructive unrest, an unfortunate number of businesses face collapse,
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Suing a Debtor – Make Sure Your Victory Isn’t a Hollow One
“Pyrrhic victory”, n. A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost (Wiktionary)
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Lockdown! Nuisance Neighbours and How to Handle Them
“You can be a good neighbour only if you have good neighbours” (Howard E. Koch) It looks as if we will still be under “restricted
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