Posts Tagged "deprive"

A Different Ball Game

Posted on Feb 28, 2013

A Different Ball Game

Readers will have observed from perusing the articles on this blog that I have commented on a number of occasions on the proclaimed intention of the Government to pass legislation curtailing or prohibiting the use of trade marks on tobacco products, both on their packages and in advertising.  I have expressed the view that by so doing the Government will be depriving the trade mark owners of their valuable items of property which is at odds with Section 25 of the South African Constitution, unless compensation is paid for such depravation or expropriation.  In this regard see the items...

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Fire Fighting

Posted on Sep 28, 2012

Fire Fighting

Australia is notorious for being a country plagued by rampant bush fires.  Over the years, valuable agricultural land, forestry, residential areas and even towns have been threatened or wiped out by uncontrollable bush fires. These bush fires have given rise to considerable damage and even loss of life.  It is perhaps therefore not surprising that Australians should have a pathological fear of fire imbued in their psyches.  There is an involuntary will to fight fire whenever smoke appears. In a fresh desire to eradicate smoke by stamping out fire, the Australian government has reached a...

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