Other Briefs
Challenge To 2018 Mining Charter
28th September 2021 On 21 September 2021, the High Court, Pretoria, set aside various provisions of the 2018 Mining Charter (the Charter) following a review... →
Baker McKenzie Appoints New Chief People Officer
28th September 2021 Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie today announces the appointment of a new Chief People Officer, Jay Connolly, who will take up his new... →
Are tests for provisional and final liquidation orders really different?
22nd September 2021 Legal practitioners are aware that a liquidation application should not be resorted to when the debt is disputed as this will amount to an abuse of... →
Can money in your account be taken by your bank or used by you when the bank knows it belongs to someone else?
22nd September 2021 In the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal in FirstRand Bank Limited v The Spar Group Limited (1334/2019) handed down earlier this year, the... →
Swings & roundabouts: Where do children’s constitutional rights get off in the case of BE obo JE v MEC for Social Development, Western Cape?
22nd September 2021 The recent decision of the Constitutional Court in BE obo JE v MEC for Social Development, Western Cape found that the State did not owe a duty of... →
Who Will Watch the Watchers?
15th September 2021 Employers and employees rely on employment tribunal commissioners to discern between appropriate and inappropriate conduct, and to remedy the... →
13 to 17 September is National Wills Week; it’s time to get your affairs in order
13th September 2021 We’re all familiar with the popular idiom: death and taxes (“the only two certainties in the world”). The topic of Wills is often avoided because,... →
DLA Piper Appoints Two New Directors to Johannesburg Office
10th September 2021 DLA Piper announced the appointment of two Directors to its Johannesburg office: Tumisang Mongae, who joins our Litigation & Regulatory practice... →
