Articles

  • The Protection Order

    A Protection Order is a form of Peace Order, save that it applies in a circumscribed manner. It only applies where abuse or domestic violence has been or is being committed or is threatened by a person who is close or was once close to a victim. For this protection to devolve upon the victim,…

  • Prescription of Debt.

    In layman terms and with regards to prescription vis a vis debt, prescription refers to the extinguishing of a debt due to the passage of time. The Prescription Act (chapter 8:11) requires one to raise prescription in pleadings or papers of record generally. When one is arguing prescription they should recognize that it begins to…