Oct 19, 2022 | Litigation and Dispute Resolution
A person may acquire rights or be released from obligations through the passage of time. This is known as prescription. The gaining or losing of rights through the passage of time is known as acquisitive or extinctive prescription. Extinctive prescription protects the...
Sep 30, 2021 | Commercial Recoveries
Nearly all business owners will at some point be in a situation where they have rendered goods and services but have not been paid for their effort. When this happens the business owner will have to decide whether to write off the debt or to try to collect it. ...
Jul 9, 2020 | Commercial Recoveries
Commercial debt recovery or business‐to‐business collection is the process whereby an attorney or other registered debt collector recovers a delinquent (outstanding or overdue) amount, plus lawful interest, administrative costs and collection fees from a business...
Mar 19, 2019 | Commercial Recoveries, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
An Emoluments Attachment Order (EAO) is a debt collection process in which a court order stipulates the terms whereby the judgment creditor can attach or deduct part of the salary of the judgment debtor. In terms of the order, the employer of the debtor is obliged to...
Feb 22, 2017 | Commercial Recoveries, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Applying for the rescission of a judgment can be complicated. Where a default judgment is entered into because a party has failed to defend a claim brought by another party, a successful rescission of judgment application can set aside or make void the judgment based...
