Disciplinary Procedure: A Prerequisite

Back to Case Studies Every company should have a well documented disciplinary procedure in order to discipline any employee should the need arise. While acting as Chairman of various disciplinary inquiries, I have noticed that a number of companies did not have a...

STANDARD CLAUSES

Back to Case Studies After my previous News Letter (Alternate Dispute Resolution) I received a number of calls requesting sample clauses to be added to their documents. I would like to quote the AFSA clauses: Arbitration Clause for incorporation in Standard Contracts...

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION – CRITICAL

Back to Case Studies Prof. Mervyn King, the well known advocate, judge, chairman of listed companies as well as a CEO of a listed company once said ”In order for directors (managing members) to discharge their duty of care to a company they have to ensure that a...

Indemnity

Back to Case Studies Due to my interest in and knowledge of animals and dogs in particular, I was asked by an attorney to arbitrate over a dispute between a dog owner and a dog club and its event organizers. A well bred 2 year old dog with a couple of accolades...

Wage Negotiations: A different approach

Back to Case Studies We were requested to assist a company with its wage negotiations. The Company had a very difficult and unpleasant wage negotiation the previous year. We decided to “play the game” slightly differently. We got our Training man to go to the company...

MEDIATION vs. LITIGATION

Back to Case Studies Wilbrink & Associates were recently involved in two very similar cases. Both involved the termination of a lease agreement. In the first case the tenant decided to terminate the lease on grounds that the noise levels emitted from the neighbor...