Property transactions rarely unravel overnight. A deal that starts smoothly with a signed Offer to Purchase (OTP) and a paid deposit can quickly run into delays, disputes, or outright collapse. When that happens, one question matters most: who protects the
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How to Make Your Beach Wedding Legally Valid in South Africa
South Africa’s coastline draws couples from across the country and abroad. The beaches of the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Garden Route are among the most scenic wedding backdrops imaginable. What many couples do not realise until late in the
Kelly on Liberian Legal History
Ezekiel Kelly, a Lecturer at Censil University, has posted two papers on the legal history of Liberia. The first is Sovereignty on Trial: Liberian Law, Forced Labour and the League of Nations Commission of Inquiry, 1929–1930: I examine
Egyptian Supreme Court Enforces Italian Judgment: The Right Outcome despite Some Reservations
I. Introduction
The enforcement of foreign judgments depends on the legal regime applicable to the case. In common law jurisdictions, enforcement may proceed, depending on the circumstances, either by registration under a statutory regime (whether based on reciprocal arrangements
DO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES HAVE A PLACE IN CONVEYANCING?
Technology is steadily moving transactions away from paper and wet-ink signatures towards digital documents and electronic signing. Yet many processes in the South African legal profession remain firmly paper based. Is this merely “old-school” practice, or is there sound reason
Ethiopian police urge Mekelle residents to restore order following rebel pullout
Ethiopian federal police deployed across the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle on Friday, using loudspeakers to urge residents to help law enforcement restore civil order and establish a transitional administration after rebel forces withdrew.
Federal officers patrolled main transit corridors
UN expert urges Ghana to reform housing policy and halt forced evictions
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Koldo Casla warned Friday in an end-of-mission statement that Ghana’s commercial construction boom is failing to address the country’s housing shortage, urging the government to prioritize working-class affordability and end unlawful
Announcements: BIICL-SLS Online Workshop; International Cooperation under the ECHR Conference; Mapping International Law’s Second Worlds Conference; There is No Just War Lecture; Fossil Fuel Feuds at the ICJ Webinar; CfP Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR; Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference; ESIL Conversations Series; ILA Egyptian Branch Annual Conference
1. BIICL-SLS Online Workshop: Daily Life of International Law. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars’ International Law section, together with Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Dr Solon Solomon, are inviting interested individuals to
Schoolboy Rugby Transfer Sheets: What Parental Consent Means in Family Law and What POPIA Does to Blogs That Publish Without It.
In a recent article for my Substack newsletter I looked at the running “transfer sheets” that some rugby websites keep of schoolboy players moving between schools, and I asked a data protection question: who consented to each boy’s entry? That
Gaza ceasefire ‘exists in name only’ as over 1,400 Palestinians are killed in a year, rights groups warn
Amnesty International, in a joint statement with over 100 human rights and humanitarian organization issued Friday, condemned Israel’s persistent violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, and warned that such violations render the ceasefire meaningless.
Amnesty called for the ceasefire to