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International Arbitration in South Africa

South African courts are willing to enforce any valid foreign arbitral award involving international or cross-border commercial disputes, as regulated by the International Arbitration Act 15 of 2017, on the same basis as a High Court judgment.
Case selection criteria for law reports

Case selection in the field of law reporting is an extremely important part of publishing. The selection of cases that are current, important, topical and precedent setting is the basis for publishing a commercially sustainable and useful law report series.
National Wills Week

National Wills Week will take place from 26-30 October 2020
Ignore eDiscovery at your peril

The proliferation of electronic documents makes electronic discovery imperative for the legal and corporate world, and mishandling such documents could spell danger for the success of your case.This was the overarching sentiment shared during the virtual launch on 30 March 2021 of Africa’s first legal text on eDiscovery, entitled A Guide to eDiscovery in South Africa.
5 Tips for Legal Research Success

Legal research and case preparation ordinarily consume a large part of the legal practitioner’s day and energy, because – as complicated and time consuming as the process can be – there is no more effective way to strengthen an argument in court than with sound case and precedent referencing.
Mental Health in the "new work" order

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a number of industries and organisations adopt virtual working over this period, but organisations will also need to take steps to safeguard employees’ mental health, say Phetheni Nkuna and Faatimah Essack of Lawtons Africa.
COVID-19 Relief scheme: Implications for employers and employees of the TERS

For a period of three months, unless it is withdrawn earlier, the Department of Employment and Labour has issued a Directive establishing a temporary employer/employee relief scheme.
Land reform and restitution

Advancing the Rule of Law around the world is a concept that unifies our company across the globe and is passionately supported by the people of LexisNexis.
Understanding and Evaluating Data in Context

Conducting legal research can be tedious, monotonous and time-consuming, but performing timely and comprehensive legal research is critically important for lawyers. AI systems certainly aid lawyers by performing legal research on relevant case law and applicable statutes faster and more thoroughly than most lawyers may be able to do on their own.
The case for eDiscovery

The world is awash with data and has officially entered the Zettabyte era[1]. Hundreds of billions of emails are sent/received on a daily basis and it has been calculated that more than 97% of business documents are created electronically. South Africa is not immune nor exempt from the digital revolution. In short, the very nature of what constitutes information and documentary evidence, types and sources, and how they are dealt with has changed.