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26 May 2013
                       
 
 
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23 May 2013
 
 
Directors face potential criminal liability for over 500 environmental offences
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Environmental legislation has mushroomed over the last few years to the extent that there are now over 500 offences that company directors can be held personally and criminally liable for. That’s...
 
 
21 May 2013
 
Legality of stringent product recall guidelines in question
Bowman Gilfillan
Product recalls are a common occurrence internationally, and it is only a matter of time before South African products are recalled as frequently. According to Lior Nickig, associate attorney at...
 
 
17 Apr 2013
 
Managers could be subject to the same fiduciary responsibilities as directors
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
It is important for people in executive and management positions to be aware that, despite not being formally appointed and elected as directors, they could be subject to the same fiduciary duties...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
Bowman Gilfillan advises Oryx Energies on SA gas acquisition
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Bowman Gilfillan, the pan-African legal services group, has advised on the South African leg of a major international transaction that will see Oryx Energies acquire liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
 
 
27 Mar 2013
 
Law firm competition department announces co-head
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Jean Meijer, Head of Competition at pan-African corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan, has announced that, with effect from 1 April 2013, Derek Lotter will join her as co-head of the competition...
 
 
19 Mar 2013
 
Does the President have the authority to appoint senior counsel
Bowman Gilfillan
The conferral of ‘silk’ or ‘senior counsel’ status on practising advocates was the subject of a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment handed down on Friday morning. In General Council of...
 
 
18 Mar 2013
 
BG: Statement by the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, pan-African legal services group, questions President Zuma's authority to confer ‘senior counsel’ status on practising advocates (18/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The conferral of ‘silk’ or ‘senior counsel’ status on practising advocates was the subject of a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment handed down on Friday morning. In General Council of...
 
 
13 Mar 2013
 
New Companies Act impacts the transferability of securities by private companies
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
It is questionable whether the drafters of the new Companies Act 71 of 2008 (new Act) intended to limit the issuing activities of private companies in the South African capital markets to the...
 
 
06 Mar 2013
 
Business rescue court order has major implications for banks, insolvency practitioners
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
A declaratory order relating to business rescue, handed down last week by the South Gauteng High Court, has significant ramifications for the banking, insolvency and business restructuring...
 
 
26 Feb 2013
 
Fewer individuals in financial trouble, but more companies opt to shut shop
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The number of insolvencies, which refers to individuals, partnerships or trusts placed under final sequestration after being unable to pay their debt, continues to fall, according to statistics...
 
 
08 Feb 2013
 
Proposed state option to acquire 'free carried interest' has implications for oil and gas sector
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The uncertainly created by the “free carried interest” provided for in the draft Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill may discourage potential investors in South Africa’s oil and...
 
 
07 Feb 2013
 
BG: Statement by the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, pan-African legal services group, social media create unforeseen tension in balancing constitutional rights (07/02/2013)
STATEMENT
While the founders of South Africa’s Constitution could not have foreseen the tension that social media would create for rights to privacy and to freedom of expression, a recent court ruling...
 
 
Social media create unforeseen tension in balancing constitutional rights
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
While the founders of South Africa’s Constitution could not have foreseen the tension that social media would create for rights to privacy and to freedom of expression, a recent court ruling...
 
 
29 Jan 2013
 
Declines in company liquidations and individual insolvencies encouraging
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The latest liquidations and insolvency statistics, released by Stats SA today, give insight into economic performance and the state of consumer debt in South Africa. Adam Harris, director of the...
 
 
28 Jan 2013
 
BG: Statement by Bowman Gilfillan, litigation firm, on the encouraging declines in company liquidations and individual insolvencies (28/01/2013)
STATEMENT
Adam Harris, director of the litigation department at pan-African legal services group Bowman Gilfillan, said that liquidation figures applicable to companies for December 2012, and insolvency...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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