Sixteen questions on personal liability for a company’s debts. Drawn from a Western Cape High Court judgment this firm obtained in October 2026, in which liquidators failed to hold two accountants personally liable for more than R5 million of a failed transport company’s debts.
LEGAL Q&As
The law answered plainly.
A monthly Q&A with the attorneys of Johan Victor Attorneys & Litigators
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DEFAMATION BY PUBLICATION
When a publisher gets it wrong
Fifteen questions on defamation by publication. Drawn from the Bird Island matter, in which this firm compelled Media24 to withdraw The Lost Boys of Bird Island worldwide, issue an unconditional public apology and pay a multi-million-rand settlement, without filing a single court document.
DEFAMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
A keyboard is not a courtroom
Fourteen questions on defamation in the digital age, answered by Johan Victor. Drawn from a Western Cape High Court judgment this firm obtained in August 2026, and from the questions clients ask most often when something untrue about them appears online.


