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WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT (PART 4 - EXTRA INFORMATION)
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1/ Take note that in terms of our law, you can’t sue another person for compensation for damages for injuries sustained in a road accident. You may however, under certain circumstances, claim compensation from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).
2/ Don't admit liability for the accident, even if you think that you may have caused it. Don’t offer any payment that can be construed as a bribe.
Only provide the essential information when making your statement to the police.
Only provide the essential information when making your statement to the police.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT (PART 3)
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1/ Report the accident to your insurance company:
Inform your car insurance company that you’ve been involved in an accident as soon as possible.
Be honest about what happened, as if the insurance company discovers you misled them concerning something, your claim may be
Inform your car insurance company that you’ve been involved in an accident as soon as possible.
Be honest about what happened, as if the insurance company discovers you misled them concerning something, your claim may be
2/ rejected, at the very least. Lying intentionally to your insurers also constitutes fraud, which as you should know, is a criminal offence.
Should you wish not to submit a claim with your insurers, you should still inform them of the accident within a reasonable time frame.
Should you wish not to submit a claim with your insurers, you should still inform them of the accident within a reasonable time frame.
HOW TO USE CASELINES - OPPOSED MOTIONS (PART 1: THE PROCESS PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR AN OPPOSED MOTION DATE)
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1/ Before I get into the CaseLines side of things concerning opposed motion dates, I will briefly explain the process leading up to the point of requesting an opposed motion date.
An opposed motion date will be required when an application becomes formally opposed.
An opposed motion date will be required when an application becomes formally opposed.
2/ It is not as simple as that however, so let me explain the process.
The following explanation is in line with the Uniform Rules of Court and the Gauteng Division’s various Practice Directives. Let’s start.
The following explanation is in line with the Uniform Rules of Court and the Gauteng Division’s various Practice Directives. Let’s start.
DRAFTING A HIGH COURT COMBINED SUMMONS WHERE THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS THE BREACH OF AN AGREEMENT (PART 3 - THE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM: SIGNING OFF AND FINAL STEPS)
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1/ At the end of every pleading, we need to indicate the date on which the particulars were signed as well as the place at which they were signed. We must also include the plaintiff’s attorney’s details, such as its address, contact numbers etc.
2/ Let’s quickly look at Rule 18(1) again. In terms of this Rule, the POC shall be signed by both an advocate and an attorney or, in the case of an attorney who has the ROA in the superior courts, only by such attorney or, if a party sues or defends personally, by that party.
DRAFTING A HIGH COURT COMBINED SUMMONS WHERE THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS THE BREACH OF AN AGREEMENT (PART 1 - INTRODUCTION)
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1/ In the next several threads, we are going to step it up a notch and draft a combined summons together.
Not all combined summonses will look the same. There are so many different types of claims that can affect the way you formulate your particulars of claim.
Not all combined summonses will look the same. There are so many different types of claims that can affect the way you formulate your particulars of claim.
2/ For EG, the POC in which a divorce is sought will differ to the particulars of a damages claim. In the threads to follow, we will be drafting a combined summons where the cause of action is based on the breach of an agreement.
No. Harassment requires proof of a “course of conduct”, defined in s7(3) Protection From Harassment Act 1997 as “conduct on at least two occasions”.
A single recording, whether politically motivated or not, does not establish a course of conduct.
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A single recording, whether politically motivated or not, does not establish a course of conduct.
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If any other journalists want to make up criminal offences and pass them off as real things, I’m here all day. 
Fun fact: What *might* constitute a criminal offence of harassment, however, is an online campaign by a prominent newspaper columnist aiming to expose and incite hostility towards a private couple who called the police to report a potential incident of domestic violence.
