Louis Nel | May 21, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Having established intention, what is the next requirement? The following has to be established in order to determine whether or not we are dealing with...
Louis Nel | May 14, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. This is a challenging requirement and much debated. It would seem that the courts will sometimes go beyond intention and find that negligence or at least...
Louis Nel | May 7, 2018
Before I deal with the Terms & conditions (‘T&C’) e.g. Facebook, etc, I think we need to get to grips with defamation and to do so we need to ‘unpack’ (1) the definition I used in the first article, (2) potential damages (claims) and then...
Louis Nel | Apr 29, 2018
As we are all no doubt quite aware, social media has to a large extent become the medium of choice not only to publicize and disseminate information but also to glean information. Due to the ubiquitous nature of the social media and the fact that...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 15, 2018
As of November 2017, Instagram was the third most popular social media site – after Facebook and YouTube. It has approximately 800 million users, and is proving to be one of the best platforms for brands to engage with their audience effectively,...
