The overall need for the Kudu Gas Project is for Namibia to meet its projected electricity demand and to export excess power to neighboring countries. As the Namibian population grows and the economy develops so does the increase in the demand for electricity and the current generation capacity is below the demand needed and this has led to Namibia importing approximately over 50% of its electricity demands from other utilities in the region, primarily Eskom of South Africa. The development of operations of the Kudu gas field would therefore be imperative for the energy supply goals of the country as it is also in line with the main targets of the Namibia white paper on energy policy aiming towards reducing electricity imports and achieving security of electricity supply in Namibia. Although the Kudu gas field was discovered in 1974, today in 2018 which is 44 years later, gas operations have still not commenced. This raises a point of concern as to what the possible delay to the project is, accordingly this paper focused on establishing how legal risks may have contributed thereto by assessing how legal risks affect offshore upstream gas operations. This was done by conducting a legal risk analysis of the legal framework that governs legislative and contractual upstream gas risk and determining what the consequences of these risks are towards the development of the Kudu gas project. It was established that that legal risk can hamper the development of offshore upstream operations quite negatively if legal compliance to the regulatory requirements are not adhered to, however, from the information available at the time this study was done, the Kudu gas project complies very well with regulatory requirements and the project delay is not linked to legal risks. The paper observed that other risks to the project, namely market and financial risk may be the underlying cause of the project delay. As oil and gas operations are plagued with various risk and constant increases in regulatory pressure the recommendations of this paper were directed towards the establishment of a risk management process for the Kudu gas project which will identify and monitor risks and implement risk responses that have been established by internal risks controls to mitigate and avoid the stern consequences that come with no- compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Public Law / LLM / Unrestricted

Tort laws aim to deter risky medical practices and increase accountability for harm. This research examines their effects on deterrence of a high-risk obstetric practice in the United States: elective early-term (37-38 weeks gestation) induction of labor. Using birth certificate data from the Natality Detail Files and state-level data from publicly available sources, this study analyzes the effects of tort laws on labor induction with multilevel models (MLM) of 665,491 early-term births nested in states. Results reveal that caps on damages are associated with significantly higher odds of early-term induction and Proportionate Liability (PL) is associated with significantly lower odds compared to Joint and Several Liability (JSL). The findings suggest that clinicians are more likely to engage in practices that defy professional guidelines in tort environments with lower legal burdens. I discuss the implications of the findings for patient safety and the deterrence of high-risk practices.

Le règlement REACH vise à améliorer la sécurité des produits chimiques quicirculent au sein de l’Union européenne par une généralisation et un approfondissement del’évaluation et de la gestion du risque chimique. Cet objectif d’amélioration de la sécurité desproduits chimiques est censé être atteint grâce à l’instauration de quatre procéduresprincipales (enregistrement, évaluation, autorisation et restriction) et par celle d’uneobligation générale d’information relative à ces produits chimiques. Ces quatre procédures ontvocation à s’appliquer aux activités de toutes les entreprises, membres de la chaîned’approvisionnement, qui fabriquent, importent ou utilisent des produits chimiques sur le soleuropéen. De plus, ces entreprises sont soumises à une obligation générale d’information,principalement à travers la Fiche de données de sécurité, qui contient des informationsrelatives aux risques environnementaux et sanitaires des produits chimiques.Or, ces quatre procédures principales et cette obligation générale d’information représententun risque juridique pour ces entreprises compte tenu, principalement, des insuffisancesconstatées au sein des dispositions du règlement REACH. Ce risque juridique est susceptiblede porter atteinte à leur compétitivité, voire à leur survie.Toutefois, les effets dommageables de ce risque juridique peuvent être gérés par une méthodede traitement inspirée de la normalisation. Par une étape ultime de cette méthode de gestiondu risque juridique, les entreprises peuvent même espérer tirer un avantage concurrentiel de lamise en application du règlement REACH. / REACH regulation aims at increasing the safety of chemical products thatcirculate in European Union by generalizing and detailing the assessment and management ofchemical risks. This generalization relies on four leading procedures (registration, evaluation,authorization and restriction) and on a disclosure obligation. The four leading procedures areopposable to any firm in a supply chain, so that this firm can manufacture, import or usechemical products in the European Union. Firm are also subject to the total disclosureobligation, mainly enforced through the Safety Data Sheet that publishes information relativeto the health and environmental risks of involved chemicals products. Both theimplementation of the procedures and the total disclosure obligation may represent a legal riskdue to several inadequacies in the REACH regulation. For a firm, this legal risk may hamperits competitiveness and consequently its survival. However, the damaging effect of this legalrisk may be circumvented using a methodology of legal risk treatments inspired bynormalization. In the last step of such a methodology, firms may eventually find economicaladvantages when implementing the REACH regulation.

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In the recent past South Africa saw an increase in participation in school sport concomitant with an increase in litigation awareness in society. Legal accountability based on damage suffered in the participation in sport has become more common, introducing an additional dimension to risk management by the educator. Learner safety is one of the key aspects in a school. Educator accountability with regard to the safety of learners in school sports is a focus of attention. An effective risk management programme to limit injuries and risks to participants in school sports must be developed. Risk management is the prime instrument by which injuries and the potential exposure of the educator or school to damage and legal accountability can be reduced or prevented. Some aspects of legal risk management are crucial for the educator's duty of care during coaching and the educator's legal duty with regard to the participants' safety. The educator must possess enough legal knowledge to successfully carry out his duty of care. This research will critically assess the safety strategies and the legal risk management of participation in school sports in South Africa. To be able to do this, I determined which common-law and legally accountable determinants can be applicable and what role they will play to ensure the safety of learners in schools. Firstly a literature study in legal risk management in school sports was done. This study found that the educator's responsibilities and obligations are determined by common-law and case law determinants. An empirical investigation was launched. Interviews were conducted with educators involved in sports in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district of the North-West Province. The topic was the current state of affairs in risk management in school sport. The participants' perceptions of legal risk management were discussed and their views analysed, whereupon findings and recommendations were made. The general impression based on the results was that the educators experience huge uncertainty and are seriously uninformed about with regard to delictual liability towards learners under their care. It was found that educators do not have sufficient legal knowledge to comply with the requirements set by law. Therefore the security of the participants (on grounds of their participation) and the educators (on grounds of their legal accountability) is jeopardised. It is recommended that all tertiary institutions develop training programmes to empower educators and student educators with knowledge of legal procedures in education. It is further recommended that the education department as employer together with governing bodies, principals and trade unions support such training programmes- now and in the future. Finally, educators, school management teams and governing bodies should be more risk-aware and more pro-active in preventing sport-related injuries, because of the ignorance regarding guidelines for risk management in sports and standards of security. The complex nature of our society makes knowledge of the legal aspects in education by all role players in education not only desirable, but mandatory. / MEd (Education Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

In the recent past South Africa saw an increase in participation in school sport concomitant with an increase in litigation awareness in society. Legal accountability based on damage suffered in the participation in sport has become more common, introducing an additional dimension to risk management by the educator. Learner safety is one of the key aspects in a school. Educator accountability with regard to the safety of learners in school sports is a focus of attention. An effective risk management programme to limit injuries and risks to participants in school sports must be developed. Risk management is the prime instrument by which injuries and the potential exposure of the educator or school to damage and legal accountability can be reduced or prevented. Some aspects of legal risk management are crucial for the educator's duty of care during coaching and the educator's legal duty with regard to the participants' safety. The educator must possess enough legal knowledge to successfully carry out his duty of care. This research will critically assess the safety strategies and the legal risk management of participation in school sports in South Africa. To be able to do this, I determined which common-law and legally accountable determinants can be applicable and what role they will play to ensure the safety of learners in schools. Firstly a literature study in legal risk management in school sports was done. This study found that the educator's responsibilities and obligations are determined by common-law and case law determinants. An empirical investigation was launched. Interviews were conducted with educators involved in sports in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district of the North-West Province. The topic was the current state of affairs in risk management in school sport. The participants' perceptions of legal risk management were discussed and their views analysed, whereupon findings and recommendations were made. The general impression based on the results was that the educators experience huge uncertainty and are seriously uninformed about with regard to delictual liability towards learners under their care. It was found that educators do not have sufficient legal knowledge to comply with the requirements set by law. Therefore the security of the participants (on grounds of their participation) and the educators (on grounds of their legal accountability) is jeopardised. It is recommended that all tertiary institutions develop training programmes to empower educators and student educators with knowledge of legal procedures in education. It is further recommended that the education department as employer together with governing bodies, principals and trade unions support such training programmes- now and in the future. Finally, educators, school management teams and governing bodies should be more risk-aware and more pro-active in preventing sport-related injuries, because of the ignorance regarding guidelines for risk management in sports and standards of security. The complex nature of our society makes knowledge of the legal aspects in education by all role players in education not only desirable, but mandatory. / MEd (Education Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

L’entreprise. Pour un dirigeant-entrepreneur de PME, les choses vont bien au-delà d’une simple entité économique ; il s’agit d’avantage d’une idée, d’un projet, plus que de simples considérations économiques. En plus de la maîtrise du marché économique, le dirigeant de l’entreprise doit également s’intéresser à d’autres préoccupations pour assurer la pérennité de son organisation, et notamment son environnement juridique. Celui-ci est une source de risques pour l’entreprise et son dirigeant, notamment de risque juridique de contentieux économique. Alors comment éviter la banqueroute ? Les dernières réformes législatives, traduisant les profondes mutations en matière de procédure civile, apportent des instruments de gouvernance juridique de l’entreprise permettant à son dirigeant de lutter contre le risque de contentieux économique. Comment ? Tantôt par l’instauration d’une obligation de prévention des risques via la mise en œuvre d’un plan de vigilance aux fins d’éviter la survenance d’un risque juridique ; tantôt par une résolution dé-judiciarisée ou privatisée, via le développement des modes amiables et alternatifs de résolution des différends, dès lors qu’un risque survient, pour éviter d’être confronté au contentieux économique, entendu en tant que procès civil traditionnel. Un tour d’horizon des possibilités qui s’offrent aux dirigeants-entrepreneurs de PME, pour un développement économique sécurisé, et assurer la pérennité de l’organisation dans un environnement juridique et social en perpétuelle évolution, brisant ainsi les frontières traditionnelles de la justice / A company. For a small or medium business, things go far beyond than just a simple economic organization. It is more about an idea, a project, than simple economic problematics. Besides grasping the economic market within, the business manager also needs to stay aware of other concerns, such as its legal environment. The latter is usualy complex, underrated and at the origin of many risks for the company and its CEO, such as economic litigation. Consequently, how avoid bankruptcy? Accordingly to the last legislative amendments that express many important transformations of civil procedure, the creation of new legal governance tools can help the entrepreneur to fight against economic litigation risks. How? Considering the fact that the amendments tend towards accountability, by establishing an obligation of risks prevention, and towards the empowerment of in house counsels by directly participating in the resolution of disputes, corporations has to enforce a legal governance that participates to the prevention of economic litigation. The thesis proposes a guide to legal governance of companies by first introducing a vigilance plan to alleviate any legal risk, and by recommending a private resolution solution through the recent raise of alternative dispute resolutions to avoid any economic litigation as a traditional civil lawsuit. Therefore, the thesis is an overview of all the options that entrepeneurs and business managers of small and medium companies have for a safe economic developement to ensure the sustainability of the organisation, in a perpetually evolving legal and social environment, going beyond traditional justice

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has defined operational risk, legal risk and compliance risk. However, the definitions might not be adequate for countries with a hybrid legal system, such as South Africa. This study aims to provide a practical solution to the problems faced by countries with a hybrid legal system wishing to comply with the Basel Committee’s standards. It is argued that compliance, compliance risk and regulatory risk should all be viewed as constituent components of legal risk, and in turn necessarily also of operational risk in a hybrid legal system. Legal risk is a wide concept which includes all aspects of a legal system, while compliance risk is a narrower concept which only includes the codified aspects of a legal system. Legal risk therefore includes compliance risk. However, the opposite is not true as compliance risk does not include legal risk, and the two concepts are decidedly shown not to be synonymous in a mixed legal system. / Thesis (PhD (Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has defined operational risk, legal risk and compliance risk. However, the definitions might not be adequate for countries with a hybrid legal system, such as South Africa. This study aims to provide a practical solution to the problems faced by countries with a hybrid legal system wishing to comply with the Basel Committee’s standards. It is argued that compliance, compliance risk and regulatory risk should all be viewed as constituent components of legal risk, and in turn necessarily also of operational risk in a hybrid legal system. Legal risk is a wide concept which includes all aspects of a legal system, while compliance risk is a narrower concept which only includes the codified aspects of a legal system. Legal risk therefore includes compliance risk. However, the opposite is not true as compliance risk does not include legal risk, and the two concepts are decidedly shown not to be synonymous in a mixed legal system. / Thesis (PhD (Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 TCC_Completo_VF_Com_Ficha.pdf: 1317569 bytes, checksum: e3670ac2164fccd4740d66189fc68474 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-14 / The present work aims to examine the risks and legal uncertainties and see how companies approach, treat and mitigate them, and how eventually this can be improved, especially in tax matters, considering the importance of its evaluation to record liabilities on financial reports, the practical effects of tax discussions and the impact of losing major litigation on taxpayers. It also seeks to elucidate the difficulties, mainly from the analysis of relevant tax discussions that are observed on the national scene and that occupy the most important courts in Brazil, and objectively point the accounting rules that must be observed by companies and the mechanisms which are usually used by them to ensure the quality of accounting judgments and consequently the information provided to external users. Given that accounting standards suggest that companies can rely on expert opinions and the perception that the opinions of lawyers have great relevance on legal risk evaluation, especially on tax matters, we analyze the way they are issued and what level of objectivity and accuracy can be expected from the loss or gain prognoses portrayed in them, to conclude that, although not as accurate, this tool is still the best mechanism available, given the peculiarities and uncertainties inherent in the law and the very indeterminacy of the future. Nevertheless, taking into account the basic characteristics of the risks, we beliebe that the knowledge of other areas on risk management, such as project management, can be adapted to law, in addition (and not replacement) to the legal opinions and the governance processes already implemented by the companies. Some tools that we consider capable of being applied to law are: (a) analysis of root causes and consequences; (B) numerical Linkert scale, combined with risks exposure in lists evaluated qualitatively; (C) Delphi technique. Finally, we present some practical effects of uncertainties and legal risks on tax matters and difficulties of its evaluation, to draw attention to the need of its management, as it is impossible to eliminate them. / O presente estudo tem como objetivo examinar os riscos e incertezas jurídicos e verificar como as empresas os abordam, tratam e mitigam e como, eventualmente, isso pode ser aprimorado, especialmente em matéria tributária, tendo em vista a importância da sua avaliação para registro das obrigações nas demonstrações financeiras, os efeitos práticos das discussões tributárias e os impactos das perdas dos grandes litígios para os contribuintes. Buscamos elucidar as dificuldades existentes, principalmente, a partir da análise de discussões tributárias relevantes que se observam no cenário nacional e que ocupam os mais importantes tribunais do País e apontar de forma objetiva as regras contábeis a serem observadas pelas empresas e os mecanismos usualmente utilizados por elas para assegurar a qualidade dos julgamentos contábeis e consequentemente das informações prestadas aos usuários externos. Diante da evidenciação de que a norma contábil sugere que as empresas se socorram das opiniões de especialistas e da percepção de que as opiniões dos advogados possuem grande relevância nas avaliações de riscos jurídico-tributários, buscamos analisar a forma como elas são emitidas e qual o nível de objetividade e precisão que se pode esperar dos prognósticos de perda ou ganho nelas retratados, para concluir que, embora não tão precisa, essa ferramenta ainda é o melhor mecanismo disponível, haja vista as peculiaridades e incertezas inerentes ao próprio Direito e a própria indeterminação do futuro. Não obstante, em atenção às características básicas dos riscos, verificamos que o conhecimento de outras áreas sobre o gerenciamento de riscos, como o gerenciamento de projetos, pode ser adaptado ao Direito, em adição (e não substituição) às opiniões jurídicas e aos processos de governança já implementados pelas empresas. Há algumas ferramentas que, para fins das conclusões a serem obtidas, são julgadas como aptas para serem aplicadas ao Direito, a saber: (a) análise de causa-raiz e de consequências; (b) escala Linkert numérica, com exposição dos riscos em listas avaliadas qualitativamente; (c) técnica Delphi. Por fim, apresentam-se alguns efeitos práticos das incertezas e riscos jurídico-tributários e das dificuldades de sua avaliação, para chamar a atenção para a necessidade de seu gerenciamento, em virtude da impossibilidade de sua efetiva eliminação.