Department
School for Financial Planning Law
School for Financial Planning Law
Office
School Of Financial Planning Law Building 18
Rika van Zyl is a senior lecturer at the School for Financial Planning Law since 2008.
After obtaining her LL.B in 2007, she received her Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning in 2008 and LL.M dissertation in 2013. She is an admitted Advocate of the Free State High Court of South Africa, a member of FISA and the FPI.
She completed her doctoral thesis in Private Law in 2017, on "the influence of the stipulatio alteri on the inter vivos trust in South Africa- proposed solutions for better regulation" under the guidance of Prof. Bradley S. Smith (UFS). This steered her main areas of expertise to the development and application of the Roman-Dutch common law doctrine - the stipulatio alteri (contract in favour of a third person) and on its current application on South African insurance and trusts along with other financial wellness issues.
She has delivered a number of papers at national and international conferences and authored a number of accredited research publications on related topics as well as on teaching and learning topics.
Publications (Short List)
2009. Deacon HJ and Snyman R "The show must go on!" Beserings van Dramastudente tydens opleiding. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal Vol 12: 1. (IBSS accredited)
2013. Van Zyl R Die Regte van Lewensversekeringsbegunstigdes. Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg Vol 4. (IBSS accredited) (The rights of life insurance beneficiaries - based on the stipulatio alteri)
2015. Van Zyl R Die Aanvaardingsvereiste in lewensversekeringskontrakte. De Jure 48(1). (The acceptance requirement in life insurance contracts - based on the stipulatio alteri)
2018. Van Zyl R Die oorsprong en ontwikkeling van die stipulatio alteri tot ‘n suiwer verklaring in hedendaagse Suid- Afrikaanse reg (1) Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 81(3) p 418 – 436.
2018. Van Zyl R Die oorsprong en ontwikkeling van die stipulatio alteri tot ‘n suiwer verklaring in hedendaagse Suid- Afrikaanse reg (2) Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 81(4)p543 – 562.
2019. Van Zyl R The question of rights, acceptance and amendments of inter vivos trusts in terms of the stipulatio alteri” South African Law Journal 136 (4) p717 – 748.
Law of Insurance
Law of Trusts
Tax Planning
Law of Succession
Law of Trusts
Financial Planning Law (Estate Planning, Law of Insurance, Financial Planning Environment, Tax Planning)