Legal
News, views, and reviews on legal issues relating to the global travel, tourism and hospitality industry.
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Why do people have so many accidents in Florida?
Florida. The sunshine state. Bursting with beaches, theme parks, wildlife, families on vacation and plenty of retirees enjoying the hot…
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How To Move On From Losing Your Job
Anyone who has yet to experience the heart-wrenching emotional and financial turmoil of unexpectedly losing a job should count themselves…
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Most Common Vacation Accidents
You shouldn’t suffer any serious injuries while on vacation, however, it’s an unfortunate fact that every year thousands of tourists…
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What is Lemon Law?
There’s a whole bunch of different law types out there, from Tort law, and constitutional law, to criminal law, but…
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5 Steps to Filing a Wrongful Death Claim
The death of a loved one can be a devastating experience. More so if your loved one’s death was caused…
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Common Problems Tourists Encounter After Partying Too Hard
Travelling abroad is a great adventure but can reach extremes when problems are encountered after partying too hard. Driving under…
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Call for Comments on SA Tourism Amendment Bill
South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, published the Tourism Amendment Draft Bill in the Government Gazette on 15 April…
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Legal: Social Media & Defamation – Part 3
POPI REGULATIONS – ALARM BELLS OR XMAS BELLS? We’ve all heard the saying: ‘The future is bright or it is…
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Social Media & Defamation – Part 2
Continuing this series from Part 1, this article highlights more reasons why businesses (or individuals) need to ‘Tread Warily’ with regard…
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Social Media & Defamation – Part 1
As we are all no doubt quite aware, social media has to a large extent become the medium of choice…
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The Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman – Part 2
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: THE CONSUMER GOODS & SERVICES OMBUDSMAN (‘CGSO’), TERMS OF REFERENCE, POWERS & FUNCTIONS The primary focus…
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Consumer Goods & Services Ombudsman – Part 1
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: Who or what is the Consumer Goods & ServicesOmbudsman (‘CGSO’), what are the implications, and what…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 9
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 27
The Role of Service Level Agreements. By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary see end of article). Alternative Dispute Resolutions (Cont’d) I ended…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 8
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 26
The Role of Service Level Agreements. By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary on this series see end of article). Alternative Dispute Resolutions…
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Law of Contracts – Part 25
The Role of Service Level Agreements By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary on this series see end of article). Disputes: You…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 7
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 24
The Role of Service Level Agreements By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary on this series see end of article). Service level…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 6
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 23
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary on this…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 5
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 4
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 22
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. (For a summary on this…
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Law of Contracts – Part 21
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. SUMMARY In Part 1…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 3
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 2
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Large Scale Retrenchments
Different routes for different challenges. Section 189A of the Labour Relations Act, No 66 of 1995 (LRA) enumerates the rules…
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Law of Contracts – Part 20
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. SUMMARY In Part 1…
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Adventure Tourism from a Legal Perspective – Part 1
This series of articles explores the legal aspects associated with the risks of operating an adventure tourism business, with specific…
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Law of Contracts – Part 19
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. SUMMARY In Part 1…
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Law of Contracts – Part 18
Enforcing Your Contract: Homework – What To Do Before You Go Ahead. By Adv Louis Nel. SUMMARY In Part 1…
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The CPA: Cancellations & Deposits – Part 3
CANCELLATION, PENALTIES & NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS Part 1 in this series can be viewed HERE and Part 2 HERE. SECTION 48:…
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The CPA: Cancellations & Deposits – Part 2
NOTE: The Risk in Tourism series (The Law: Contracts) will continue with Part 18 in a future edition. Part 1…
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The CPA: Cancellations & Deposits
Legal advise on the South African Consumer Protection Act regarding Cancellations, Penalties and Non-Refundable Deposits in tourism. NOTE: The Risk…
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Law of Contracts – Part 17
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 16
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 15
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Legal Advice: Protecting Your Brand
It is great fun brainstorming a new idea, be it over a couple of beers in the pub, over lunch…
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Law of Contracts – Part 14
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 13
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 12
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 11
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 10
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 9
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Law of Contracts – Part 8
In Part 1 (August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3. LAW, 4. SERVICE…
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Risk in Tourism – Part 7
In Part 1 (page 36 – Tourism Tattler August 2014), Louis the Lawyer categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1.…
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Risk In Tourism – Part 6
THE LAW OF CONTRACTS In Part 1 (page 36 – August 2014), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1.…
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Risk in Tourism – Part 5
Credit & Credit Cards In Part 1 (page 36 – August issue), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1.…
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Money & Payment
In Part 1 (page 36 – August issue), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3.…
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Customers & Risk
In Part 1 (page 36 – August issue), I categorised risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3.…
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PART 2 – People
In Part 1 (page 36 – August issue), I labeled risk into five categories, namely; 1. PEOPLE, 2. MONEY, 3.…
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Risk in Tourism: Part 1
Part 1 of this new series on Risk in Tourism looks at the first of five risk categories from a…
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POPI Part 14 – What Businesses Should Do
Parts 1 to 13 in this series on the Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPI) can be read in back…
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POPI Part 13 – Liability & Penalties
Parts 1 to 12 in this series on the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act can be read in back…
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POPI Part 12 – SPAM
In the May edition of Tourism Tattler we deal with how the Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPI) addresses SPAM…
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‘POPI’ Part 11
The New Protection Of Personal Information (POPI) Act – PART 11 – PRINCIPLE #9 CODES OF CONDUCT (Sections 60 –…
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The New ‘POPI’ Act – Part 6
‘POPI’ is an acronym for the PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT. PRINCIPLE #4 – FURTHER PROCESSING LIMITATION By Adv. Loui…
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The New ‘POPI’ Act – Part 5
‘POPI’ is an acronym for the PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT. PRINCIPLE #3 – PURPOSE SPECIFICATION: PART 1 By Adv.…
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The New POPI Act – PART 4
The New Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPI) – PART 4 – Principle #2 – Processing Limitation: Part 2 Personal…
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The New POPI Act – PART 3
The New Protection Of Personal Information (POPI) Act – PART 3 – PRINCIPLE #2 – PROCESSING LIMITATION: PART 1 ‘Processing’…
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The New POPI Act
The New Protection Of Personal Information (POPI) Act – PART 2 – ACCOUNTABILITY. As mentioned in the first part of…
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The new ‘POPI’
aka PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT – PART 1 – INTRODUCTION As most of us are aware this has been…
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The CPA and Supplier Rights & Recourse
STATUS OF INDEMNITIES AND DISCLAIMERS – PART 3 – What you have to do about: Your Current and Future Documentation.…
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The CPA and SUPPLIER Rights & Recourse
STATUS OF INDEMNITIES AND DISCLAIMERS – PART 2 – Sections 48 and 49 regulates disclaimers and indemnities and how these…
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Gauteng Liquor ban on Sundays
According to an ‘extraordinary’ provincial gazette from the Province of Gauteng published on 25 January 2013, ‘interested parties’ had 30…
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The CPA and SUPPLIER Rights & Recourse
STATUS OF INDEMNITIES AND DISCLAIMERS – PART 1 – As matters stood before the CPA came into effect April 01…
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The CPA and Supplier Rights – PART 2
The CPA and Supplier Rights From the Bench With Adv. Louis Nel. STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS – PART 2…
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The CPA and Supplier Rights
From the Bench With Adv. Louis Nel. STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS – PART 1 – WHAT YOU’RE ENTITLED TO…
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The CPA and Supplier Rights
Sales and Marketing – The need for a new approach to consultant training PART 2 Product Knowledge and Transparency It…
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