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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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06 Mar 2013
 
 
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr directors named in Client Choice International Awards 2013
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Peter Hesseling, Director in the Corporate and Commercial practice and Emil Brincker, National Head of the Tax practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr have been named as winning partners in the 2013...
 
 
01 Aug 2012
 
The Companies Act 2008 and transitional arrangements
ADAMS & ADAMS
The Companies Act, 2008 (“Act”) which came into effect on 1 May 2011, has irrevocably altered the landscape of company law. However the enforceability of certain provisions contained in the Act...
 
 
20 Jan 2012
 
New legal trends require professionals to upgrade skills
Legal Education
As of 2012, the Wits School of Law is introducing a new suite of specialised postgrauate diplomas to compliment the existing Master of Laws (LLM) degree. Concurrently a revised Bachelor of Law...
 
 
10 Nov 2011
 
The Mergers & Acquisitions Review - Fifth Edition - South Africa
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
South Africa continued to feel the effects of a sluggish global economy, albeit on a morelimited basis as compared to the rest of the world. M&A activity started picking up inthe early part of 2010...
 
 
03 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Statutes require legal interpretation
Environmental Law
The same level of legal certainty of interpretation and of meanings of the environmental statutes, as is found with older laws such as company law, cannot yet be offered to students studying...
 
 
04 Apr 2011
 
 
 
Business Rescue: A Guideline for the South African Banking Sector
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
The long anticipated new Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 (the Act) was promulgated in April 2009 and is expected to become effective on 1 April 2011. The Act fundamentally re-writes South African...
 
 
01 Apr 2011
 
 
 
Fundamental transactions and their regulation by the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
The new Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 is expected to become effective in 2011. The Act re-writes South African company law completely and will have far reaching effects.
 
 
31 Mar 2011
 
New era of Company Law
CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR
The new Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 ushers in a whole new era in South African company law. While the planned deadline for implementation was 1 April 2011, this is likely to be delayed. Sources...
 
 
22 Sep 2010
 
Getting to grips with the new Companies Act
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The new Companies Act,[1] (“the new Act”) ushers in a new era of company law and when it eventually comes into effect, it will, as can be expected, give rise to a fair amount of confusion about...
 
 
04 Jun 2010
 
Finance Law Update: June 2010 (No 2)
JURGENS BEZUIDENHOUT
The National Treasury has published a draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 2010 together with a draft Explanatory Memorandum dealing with proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act, 1962.
 
 
01 Jun 2010
 
Finance Law Update: June 2010 (No 1)
JURGENS BEZUIDENHOUT
The South African government proposes substituting the Companies Act, 1973 (the "existing act") with the Companies Act, 2008 (the "new act") later this year.
 
 
06 Nov 2009
 
 
 
New Act enhances companies’ flexibility to regulate own affairs
New Companies Act
A significant feature of the new Companies Act (No 71 of 2008) (the Act) is the concept of flexibility and the allowance, to a large extent, for companies to regulate its own affairs in accordance...
 
 
21 Oct 2009
 
 
 
A corporate revolution in South Africa – The Companies Act No 71 of 2008
WERKSMANS
The long-awaited new Companies Act No 71 of 2008 was promulgated in April 2009 and is expected to become effective around July 2010. The Act re-writes South African company law completely, and...
 
 
09 Sep 2009
 
SA slips two places in Doing Business survey
DOING BUSINESS
South Africa fell two places in the latest Doing Business report, published by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and currently ranked at 34 out of 183 countries.
 
 
07 Aug 2009
 
Directors’ responsibilities – to fear or not to fear?
DENEYS REITZ
It has been suggested that provisions of the new Companies Act may trigger flight from boardrooms because careless behaviour could have catastrophic implications not only for the company, as seen...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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