UNCLE OSWALD’S Q&A FORUM – MARCH 2026 HOPING TO HEAR ABOUTTHE HIGH COURT RULES[1] IN ARBITRATION … Best Uncle Oswald, I am an attorney representing a respondent in an arbitration before an arbitrator appointed by the Association of Arbit... read more
5-DAY ONLINE FOUNDATION MEDIATION COURSE Join the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC[1] (the Association), in partnership with the leading London mediation training charity The Society of Mediators (UK) (the Society), to receive foundation... read more
5-DAY ONLINE FOUNDATION MEDIATION COURSE Join the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC[1] (the Association), in partnership with the leading London mediation training charity The Society of Mediators (UK) (the Society), to receive foundation... read more
ASK EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS!ADR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS This workshop is a continuation of the workshop held on 20 March 2026. Our Experienced Practitioner, Mr Jonathan Mitchell (Western Cape Regional Chairman), will present this interactive online wo... read more
ASK EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS!ADR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS(8 May 2026) This workshop is a continuation of the workshop held on 20 March 2026. Our Experienced Practitioner, Mr Jonathan Mitchell (Western Cape Regional Chairman), will present this interac... read more
ASK EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS!NAVIGATING THE GAUTENG MEDIATION DIRECTIVE AND PROTOCOL Our Experienced Practitioner, Adv Paul Strathern SC (Fellow (FAArb), Module 4 Tutor, Management and AI Committee member), will present this webinar as part of the Assoc... read more
ASK EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS!NAVIGATING THE GAUTENG MEDIATION DIRECTIVE AND PROTOCOL(23 April 2026) Our Experienced Practitioner, Adv Paul Strathern SC (Fellow (FAArb), Module 4 Tutor, Management and AI Committee member), will present this webinar as pa... read more
AOA BREAKING NEWS – APRIL 2026 COLLABORATION: CESA AND THE ASSOCIATION The Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC has, throughout its existence of almost 50 years, fostered close relationships with like-minded organisations, particularl... read more
UNCLE OSWALD’S Q&A FORUM – APRIL 2026 HE SAID, SHE SAID … HOPING TO HEAR ABOUT ‘HEARSAY’ EVIDENCE Best Uncle Oswald, I am a retired magistrate, now enjoying my golden years accepting the odd appointment as arbitrator. A... 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
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.
Facebook Pixel is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.