General Interest

By: Sean Bosse The Cost of Litigation The very nature of business and our commercial interactions with each other means that the ground is always fertile for disputes to arise. In cases of dispute that cannot be resolved between the parties on an amicable basis, either one or both parties may proceed to have the dispute referred to court forRead more

“I have an option”-What the law says! By Sean Bosse Bosse & Associates Attorneys (Cape Town) Tel: +27 21 556-9451 E-mail: sean@bosse-associates.co.za In recent years, we have come to observe that many entertainment (commercial) agreements that purport to be “option” agreements are, by their very legal nature, in fact “rights of first refusal” contracts. While we have yet to litigateRead more

Stealing stories: How to protect yourself How can writers protect themselves from story theft and what legal remedies are at hand to assist them in preventing such story theft? The first part of this article will look at how a writer can protect his story using the law of contract and, in a future article, I will look at howRead more