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Trusted Employer Scheme round 2 accelerates international hiring and boosts business confidence in South Africa
Updated 6 hours ago Government has officially opened the long-awaited second window for corporate employers seeking to become part of the Trusted Employer Scheme... →
Procedural certainty in business rescue: What happens when two competing processes occur at the same time
20th July 2026 Business rescue has become an important cornerstone of South African corporate insolvency law, aiming to preserve the value of distressed companies... →
Why Legal Project Management is the competitive advantage your practice is missing
17th July 2026 A lawyer can be technically brilliant — analytically sharp, commercially astute, fearless in a negotiation — and still run a matter that drifts... →
How to become a legal project manager in Africa: The IILPM certification guide
17th July 2026 Technically excellent but struggling with matters that drift, budgets that overshoot, and clients who feel out of the loop? The problem is not... →
Scope creep is quietly costing your firm more than you think
17th July 2026 A supplier contract review, agreed at a fixed fee. Your associate gets into the documents, surfaces issues, flags them to the client. The client... →
Time, budget, and scope: The three pillars of profitable legal work
17th July 2026 Law school teaches you the law. It does not teach you how to deliver legal work profitably. The gap is not a reflection of ability — it is... →
The complete guide to stakeholder management in legal matters
17th July 2026 The deal had been months in the making. Transaction documents in near-final form, closing three days away. Then a letter arrived from a minority... →
Risk management for lawyers: How to move from reactive to proactive
17th July 2026 A property acquisition where every legal step was executed correctly. Title clear, sale agreement well-drafted, transfer registered on time. Three... →
Legal team communication: How to eliminate the hidden costs of miscommunication
17th July 2026 “Need this today. Please prioritise.” Four words. The associate rearranges her entire day, works late, delivers a memo she is not confident in. The... →
How to lead and resource your legal project team for maximum performance
17th July 2026 Being a brilliant lawyer does not automatically make you a good legal project leader. Legal expertise is about knowing the law and applying it... →
