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Webber Wentzel has recently launched Webber Wentzel Legal Insights. The first series on the channel relates to the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on various sectors. Today's episode is part one of a two-part episode that focuses on the retail sector and gathers insights from several Webber Wentzel experts looking at some key issues for the sector – trying to unpack both the issues and the opportu...

This is Webber Wentzel Legal Insights with your host, Dario Milo. This is episode 5 of our series on Media Law and we are looking at a very important recent defamation case where two veteran journalists, represented by Webber Wentzel, successfully sued the Economic Freedom Party for being called Stratcom agents. Dario's guests are the two applicants in that case - celebrated journalist, author and...

Webber Wentzel has recently launched Webber Wentzel Legal Insights. The first series on the channel relates to the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on various sectors. This episode recorded last week gathers insights from several Webber Wentzel experts who seek to unpack issues related to tracking and tracing; workplace well-being and employees; technology opportunity; fake news; the ability to res...

This is Webber Wentzel Legal Insights’ series on Media Law hosted by Dario Milo. In this episode we are going to be looking at Media Ethics - issues such as self-regulation, rights of reply, verification, privacy and public interest and ethical regulation of online speech. Dario's guests are Press Ombudsman Pippa Green and Associate Professor of Journalism at Wits, Dr Glenda Daniels. Green holds a...

This is Webber Wentzel Legal Insights with your host Dario Milo. In this episode we continue our series on Media Law by looking at Surveillance. This is the third episode in the series of 5. Surveillance by the government and others of journalists has become a major concern around the world, and increasingly in South Africa. amaBhungane's challenge to aspects of the surveillance laws - seeking to...

Welcome to Webber Wentzel Legal Insights. With over 150 years of experience and deep industry knowledge, Webber Wentzel is the leading full-service law firm on the African continent. In this series, your host Dario Milo unpacks media law in an exciting and informative way. In this episode he explores the problem of disinformation (false or misleading information that is spread deliberately to dece...

The second series on the Webber Wentzel Legal Insights channel hosted by media law expert Dario Milo. Dario, in this series, unpacks several issues related to 'open justice' – the common law principle that court and other similar proceedings are open to the public. Over time, court proceedings are now routinely broadcast and streamed live, such as in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. Dario is join...

Webber Wentzel has recently launched Webber Wentzel Legal Insights. The first series on the channel relates to the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on various sectors, starting with mining – a priority sector to the South African economy. This series recorded last week gathers insights from several Webber Wentzel experts who seek to unpack issues related to regulations, workforce issues, contracts,...

Webber Wentzel is an African firm founded in South Africa more than 150 years ago. We provide in-depth legal and tax services through​out the continent. Our alliance with Linklaters and network of deep relationships with Africa's leading firms allows us to draw on the highest quality and most business relevant pan-African advice - matching this to the needs of our clients. We have over the last 50...