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Counting the points

The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (46 of 1996) (AARTO Act) provides for a new road traffic offences system to be implemented in South Africa, which is presently being piloted in Tshwane and will be piloted in Johannesburg around November 2008. The Act is expected to come into full operation throughout South Africa during the course of 2009....

Full and final settlement

You pay your municipal account every month in full according to the invoices submitted to you. What happens when, as a result of the municipalities' ineptitude, you receive an account for an amount over and above what you have already paid?...

Appeal panel takes federation to task

The appeal filed by South African athlete Oscar Pistorius against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Switzerland, in May....

Insolvency and control of assets

A section in the Insolvency Act empowers a Magistrate to issue a warrant enabling the trustee to take possession and control of assets reasonably believed to belong to an insolvent estate, but which are being concealed or withheld....

The JAFTHA Judgement: an update

One of the results of the judgment in the "Jaftha" case (which I dealt with in a previous edition of SA Banker) was that many sales in execution carried out pursuant to warrants of execution issued in the Magistrates Court were invalid....