Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Duress: When Can a Business Escape a Contract?
In South African contract law, the doctrine of pacta sunt servanda, the principle that agreements freely entered must be honoured, forms the cornerstone of contractual obligations. However, certain circumstances may render a contract void or voidable, such as instances of mistake (error), misreprese…
Electronic Services – New Regulations usher in a new dispensation – but do they work?
The long-awaited Regulations introducing a general business-to-business (B2B) exclusion (although in this case a business-to-registered vendor exclusion) for the electronic services supplied from outside South Africa to specified recipients within the country were issued on Friday, 14 March 2025. Th…
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