Africa Update February 2012
7/02/2012
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Featured Act
Is an attorney allowed to set-off fees due to him against money collected by him on behalf of client
The above question was raised in the matter of Blakes Maphanga Incorporated vs Outsurance Insurance Company Limited, a matter which was heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
The facts of the matter were briefly that the Appellant (“Blakes”) was a firm of attorneys and the Respondent (“Outsurance”) a client who had instructed the firm to represent it in close to 400 litigious matters. |
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Featured Case Law
Y’ello Who? MTN succeeds against Nando’s ads
In a recent decision, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) Directorate ruled that a combination of seemingly generic elements, when used together in a certain way, was the exclusive advertising property of a mobile telecommunications provider and that these had been imitated by a fast-food chain in its advertising. |
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Theo du Preez
Senior Associate
Patent Attorney
Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6508
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
