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In this episode of LAW'D have Mercy, we speak to Rebecca Kooiker from Pop Up Weddings South Africa, about inclusivity and choice in the wedding industry. We chat love, law, non traditional couples and marriage. We are firm believers in making "law for everyone", especially when it comes to how couples choose to make their love "official". Rebecca, Jules and their team share this belief too and apply this to how they help couples to tie the knot.

In celebration of mental health month, Sinal chats to fellow lawyer and friend, Grace, about facing and dealing with mental health challenges in a legal career.

“Making it official” is not all cake tasting and dress fittings! In this episode, we delve into the different marriage contracts available to South African couples. The legal aspects of marriage can be a bit confounding and we chat to two experts who break down the in’s and out’s of formalising relationships.

In this episode we chat to our intern, Nomsa Maswera, to get a fresh perspective on law!

In this episode, we hit the pause button and reflect on the past six months of life at pop.law. We chat about why we started pop.law and how it came to pass that we opened shop on day one of level five lockdown. There’re been highs, lows, successes and mistakes... and we are only getting started!

Covid-19 has changed the way we all work - probably forever. Companies are realising that this economic downturn means a very uncertain future, and many have decided to restructure their businesses to mitigate the risk of closing completely by reducing the working hours of some employees and retrenching others. In this episode, we chat to specialist labour lawyer, Hayley Mackay about the do's and do not's of retrenchment.

Based on a few chats we’ve had with people in our community, it appears there’s a bit of a vibe around freelance contracts. Especially when it comes to influencers and the contracts they do and don’t sign with the brands that they work with. (We know there’s also a bit of a vibe around the term “influencer” - call it what you will: digital creator, mom-fluencer, curator, online ambassador.) In this episode we chat to business owner and influencer, Roxy Hutton, about her experience of doing the influencer thing both with and without contracts.

We challenge you to find one creative who hasn't had the "exposure carrot" dangled in front of them as a way to get their services for lower rates, or worse, for free! In this episode of LAW'D have mercy, we chat to South African music producer, Mpho Pholo. He shares a few of his own battle scars and some great lessons he's learnt when it comes to negotiating appropriate payment and terms as a creative.

This story was shared with us by Tarryn James, the founder of Yoga South Africa. Yoga South Africa is our country’s leading yoga resource. It’s been around for yonks. Every yoga teacher who has ever bent themselves into a pretzel knows about it. It’s a household name. Imagine Tarryn’s shock when she woke up one morning to a message from a friend saying: “Ummmmm… not sure if you’ve seen… but the whole Yoga South Africa directory has been copied outright on another website”. Without any legal help, Tarryn intuitively followed textbook protocol and had the whole situation dealt with within a day! In this episode, we'll chat with her about the things she did to sort out the breach.

In this episode, pop.law co-founder Sinal, shares the story of loosing her mom to cancer 3 years ago. She chats about the legal aspects of wrapping up her mom's estate; what it’s like facing that kind of admin during your saddest moments and a few things to do to avoid leaving your loved ones with an administrative nightmare when you meet your maker one day.

We thought we'd start strong with a topic that no one really wants to hear about: death. And, more specifically, making sure your ducks are in a row for one day when - not if - you kick the bucket. We love a death euphemism as much as the next guy but rest assured this episode does a fair bit of straight talking about the legal admin of dying. It's not for the faint of heart, but it's important life stuff.