Gray Burmeister Incorporated

14/12/2023

Please note that GB INC. is closed and will re-open on January the 8th 2024.

GB INC. wishes you and your family a blessed Christmas and Happy new Year🙏🏼

24/10/2022

I wish for new hopes, opportunities, and new kinds of happiness for you on this beautiful occasion of Diwali. I pray all your happiness and blessings are multiplied by God in this festival of lights from all of us at Gray Burmeister Incorporated.

24/09/2022

Happy Heritage Day from all of us at Gray Burmeister Inc.

23/09/2022

SPOUSE REFUSING TO DIVORCE? HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO

Divorce is usually not an easy experience to go through, mainly due to the circumstances which bring it about as well as the culminating effects. Spouses decide to divorce owing to the various factors that cause the continuation of the marriage relationship difficult, untenable or impossible. These may be due to infidelity, loss of affection, imprisonment, unconsciousness of a spouse, forms of abuse, disagreements over career development, children or finances. However, what happens where a spouse refuses to divorce? Please follow the link below for a brief discussion.

13/09/2022

12/09/2022

SPEAKING BEYOND THE GRAVE - WILLS WEEK SPECIAL EDITION

A good number of people pass away without executing a valid Will, intestate, which is not advisable. Dying intestate poses the risk of the deceased estate being administered in a manner that is against what the deceased would have preferred. It also raises the possibility of legitimate and illegitimate ‘heirs’ battling it out (sometimes for years) in the Courts. Minor’s inheritance will be paid to the State (Guardian’s Fund) in the event that no guardians identified. All this can be avoided by approaching a Estate Planning Practitioner to assist in the ex*****on of a valid Will. Please follow the link below for a brief discussion on the advantages of executing a valid Will.
https://gbinc.co.za/speaking-beyond-the-grave-wills-week-special-edition/

09/09/2022

Of Medical Expenses and Medical Aids – RAF’s New Directive irks Medical Aids

On 23 August 2022, the Pretoria News (accessed on IOL platform) reported that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) published a circular of a new directive to the effect that it will no longer pay claims for medical expenses which are covered by medical aids/insurers. The news was met with disapproval by most medical expenses insurers, with Discovery setting in motion proceedings to challenge the new directive in the Courts. Kindly follow the link below for a brief discussion.
https://gbinc.co.za/of-medical-expenses-and-medical-aids-rafs-new-directive-irks-medical-aids/

06/09/2022

Cession of Rights in Verbal Contracts

In several of our blog articles before, we have emphasised the importance of reducing contracts/agreements into writing. Written contracts come in handy when disputes arise, let alone the convenience when its terms and conditions have to be enforced. For these reasons and more, it can never be overemphasised to reduce agreements into writing. Where contracts are concluded verbally, we shall discuss cession of rights therein. Kindly follow the link below.
https://gbinc.co.za/cession-of-rights-in-verbal-contracts/?preview_id=907&preview_nonce=bc00dce196&preview=true

19/08/2022

RIGHT TO PRIVACY OR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION – WHICH COMES FIRST?
The Bill of Rights forms a fundamental part of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, and occupies an integral place in our judicial system. The interaction between legal subjects in society often results in a situation whereby the exercise of rights by one party competes against the rights and interests of another party. This realisation, it is thought, was the reasoning behind the promulgation of principles provided in Section 36 of the Constitution. The approach of the courts where competing rights clash, is based upon the circumstances of each particular case. In this article, we discuss one such instance. Please follow the link below.
https://gbinc.co.za/right-to-privacy-or-freedom-of-expression-which-comes-first/

17/08/2022

ROAD ACCIDENT FUND CLAIMS – BE CAREFUL OF THIS TOO

Whenever a party brings an action for damages before the court, not only is there an onus to prove the basis (cause of action)upon which such claim is premised on, but also how the quantum of the damages was arrived at. Sometimes a plaintiff may file their claim or action without adequate evidence to substantiate the damages, which may be rectified later by amending the particulars of claim. However, where the plaintiff neglects the duty to substantiate the claim and/or damages, it may run the risk of being dismissed. This was the case in the matter of Mdluli v Road Accident Fund. Kindly follow the link below for a discussion.