by PB-M-Admin | Jul 4, 2017 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2017
By Erica Emdon I recently attended the Pro Bono Institute (PBI) annual conference in Washington DC. This conference, convened every year by the PBI, a United States based NGO that promotes pro bono, is a gathering of NGOs, law firms, pro bono lawyers, justice...
by PB-M-Admin | Jul 4, 2017 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2017
By Swazi Malinga When Mr A contacted our offices he was convinced that he had a claim against his employer for the injuries he sustained and, further, that he had a case of unfair labour practice against his employer. Mr A was employed by a company named B as a...
by PB-M-Admin | May 24, 2017 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News
Article published on the Daily Maverick, 18 OCT 2016 01:00 (SOUTH AFRICA), by ROBYN WOLFSON VORSTER. Child abandonment is a scourge in South Africa. As numbers soar, the battle is on to ensure that abandonment does not permanently define the lives of survivors. But...
by PB-M-Admin | Apr 24, 2017 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, CASE STUDIES, News, NEWSLETTERS 2017
by Nolia Langa, legal intern. When clients approach you for legal assistance, many times they present their version of the events in emotionally loaded ways, requiring you to sift through it, seeking out the most relevant facts – the facta probanda and the facta...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2016
Article by Swazi Malinga When one mentions the word domestic violence, the immediate picture that comes to mind is that of a battered woman covered in bruises with a swollen face. However the truth of the matter is that domestic violence does not end there. Perhaps...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News
ProBono.Org Durban currently has 218 firms on our panel of attorneys and is signing up new firms all the time. We deal with so many attorneys, but very rarely do we have an opportunity to socialise with them. Recently, however, attorneys Garlicke & Bousfield...