UNCLE OSWALD’S Q&A FORUM – MAY 2026 TO MEDIATE OR NOT TO MEDIATE Dear Uncle Oswald, My construction company, Voltcon, is in litigation in the Johannesburg High Court against a developer, CityGrowth. Voltcon claims R48 million from CityGrow... read more
TOOLS OF THE TRADE – MAY 2026 CROSSING THE LINE IN ADJUDICATION DECISION DRAFTING Note from the Writer I make no apology for acknowledging that I used artificial intelligence to assist in the drafting of this article. Indeed, to ignore such tools wo... read more
A CASE IN POINT – MAY 2026 THE LIMITS OF ARBITRAL AUTHORITY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DISPUTES[1] On 27 November 2017 NAD Property Income Fund (Pty) Ltd (NAD) instituted an action in the High Court against the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (the Munic... read more
CONSTRUCTION CONUNDRUMS Join our Experienced Practitioners for this important in-person or online workshop which will be presented by our KwaZulu-Natal regional committee, under the chairmanship of Mr Alastair Hay, as part of the Association’s ongoing... read more
TOOLS OF THE TRADE – APRIL 2026 FORCE MAJEURE CLAUSES UNDER PRESSURE – 2026 CRISIS LESSONS[1] Adine Abro‘s article, ‘Is Boilerplate Good for Anything but Boilers Anymore?’ examines a fundamental weakness in commercial contra... read more
