FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN – APRIL 2023 Advocate Eric Dunn SC is the editor of this e-periodical. Eric is a member of the Maisels Group of Advocates and a senior member of the Johannesburg Bar. He is a director and Fellow of the Association of ... read more
AOA BREAKING NEWS – DECEMBER 2023 THE AOA’S NEW MEDIATION RULES Introduction Following a Board of Directors’ directive, the Rules Committee was requested to review the existing Mediation Rules (the existing Rules) and to produce an updated s... read more
CASE IN POINT – DECEMBER 2023 THE ENFORCEMENT OF ADJUDICATORS’ DECISIONS BY THE COURTS[1] The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 12 June 2023 handed down a very important judgment concerning the enforcement of decisions by adjudicators. Two import... read more
TOOLS OF THE TRADE – DECEMBER 2023 A NEED FOR UNIFORM ADJUDICATION RULES[1] Introduction I was appointed as the adjudicator in the dispute between the Ekurhuleni West College v Segal and Trencon Construction[2] at the end of 2016. The dispute aro... read more
TOOLS OF THE TRADE – DECEMBER 2023 POWERS OF AN ARBITRATOR UNDER SECTION 12B (4) (a) OF THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ACT 120 OF 1977[1] Introduction 1. The Constitutional Court (CC) recently had occasion to pronounce on the ambit of s 12B (4) (a) of th... read more
