Have you suffered any form of damage by the hand of another ? In law when somebody suffers any form of damage being bodily damage, financial damage or damages to your good name and standing in the community by the wilful or negligent act of another person, you are entitled to recover damages from said person. In law it is called a delict, a person commits a delict when he intentionally or negligently commits a act or omission that leads to another person suffering damages as a result of his action or omission. The law of delict is a vast field of law all on its own and we are capable to assist our clients in determining if an act constitutes a delict, quantifying such a delict and successfully litigating such a delict.
If you are being sued for a delict that somebody allege you committed against him or her we can assist you in determining if your act or omission truly constituted a delict and assist you in raising a legal defence against the alleged delict you are being sued for.
Medical doctors are commonly sued in delict by patients, this is more commonly known as medical negligence cases. Although doctors can be sued in other fields of law, such as contract, the most common is delict. It is thus of vital importance that medical practitioners are aware of this form of action that might be instituted against them and how to avoid being sued in delict.