In legal proceedings, if a debtor successfully raises the defence of “extinctive prescription”, then the claim against him or her is made permanently unenforceable. This will be the case regardless of whether the claim is legally valid in all respects, or the creditor enforcing the claim has ample or even irrefutable evidence proving his or her claim.

The defence becomes available as a result of a period of time, set out in the law, having passed since the claim came into being. These periods of time are, largely, set out in the Prescription Act.

If a debtor satisfies a claim – for example, repays a debt – despite the fact that the defence of extinctive prescription was available to him or her because of the length of time that had passed since the debt became due, she or he cannot insist on repayment of the money paid. The debtor must…

“But one cannot be happy in a family business, especially when the kids join the company after you have been there for six years and they try everything in their power to make you look stupid.”

“Now we have the son working there as well who has no idea but is pretending he has a clue!”

“Had a day from hell! “

“My boss was a total meanie 😦 no idea how to treat people let alone management.“

“From so called ‘professionalism’ 2 dumb brats runnin a mickey mouse business.”

Do any of the above Facebook posts sound familiar? If you are an employee, hopefully not – or it is worth having (at the least) a very careful check on your privacy settings.

Although the employee who posted the comments above did not name her company or the persons she was referring to, and claimed that her Facebook page was…