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18 May 2013
Legal Briefs
 
 
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04 Feb 2011
 
 
Contentious terms of a Bill of Lading
BOWMAN GILFILLAN ATTORNEYS
Disputes between shippers and carriers as to the terms of the contract of carriage often boil down to the question of whether the terms and conditions reflected on the reverse of the bill of lading...
 
 
03 Feb 2011
 
Like it or not, SARS; PPP’s infrastructure may be trading stock
BOWMAN GILFILLAN ATTORNEYS
The mini-Budget has heightened focus on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); it is a focus that raises the issue of how, when and why PPPs incur tax. In particular, the age-old...
 
 
10 Jan 2011
 
Internal transfer pricing; be careful, very careful
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Transfer pricing, along with its many implications, has long been a contentious tax issue. Yet while conventional wisdom has it that transfer pricing is largely an offshore phenomenon involving...
 
 
06 Dec 2010
 
Knowing your own vices…
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
There are many "common" phrases in marine insurance policies; however, if the ramifications of these "common" phrases are not completely considered, there is the risk of an insured not being covered.
 
 
29 Nov 2010
 
SA institutional investors to adapt to new playing fields
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
South Africa’s institutional investors have been challenged to conduct their business on a new playing field following publication of the Draft Code for Responsible Investing.
 
 
24 Nov 2010
 
The impact on competition of standards set by industry associations: “malign” or “benign”?
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Many industries are regulated by industry bodies or trade associations which, at times, are charged by their members with developing standards applicable to industry participants.
 
 
15 Nov 2010
 
Tax disputes… more than one way of skinning the cat
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Many aggrieved taxpayers, and SARS officials, may regard the Tax Court as the only mechanism to resolve a tax dispute.
 
 
21 Oct 2010
 
Divorce and the calculation of a non-member spouse’s pension interest no longer a mystery
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Confusion surrounding pension interest awarded to a party in terms of a divorce order prior to 1 November 2008 has been largely eliminated, thanks to two recent Pension Funds Adjudicator decisions*.
 
 
 
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