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Conveyancers' obligations, if any, to police inclusionary housing?
More often than not a conveyancing process is the last step to the conclusion of a new property development. Ideally a conveyancer, who will...
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Understand Third Party Risks when Choosing Partners and Associates
Businesses and third parties share complex relations. While each will prioritise their own bottom line, they need each other in order to operate....
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Friends And Family May Turn To Foes – Be Careful Who You Appoint As An Executor
There are only two things in life that are inevitable, death and taxes. Taxes are debatable however death will come knocking on each and every one of our doors at some point in our life. This article is about making wise and responsible decisions prior to your death to ensure that you appoint an...
Taking your high from home to work – Considering the impact of cannabis on the workplace
Since the Constitutional Court declared the private use of cannabis legal in the matter of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince & Others [2018] ZACC 30, employers have been required to consider how best to deal with the effects of personal cannabis use in the...
CDH wins prestigious M&A Deal Flow award 10 years in a row
Advising on 69 M&A deals in 2018, business law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) accounted for 24% of market share over the period. It is this impressive flow of deals, totalling R55-billion in value, which saw CDH recognised by DealMakers as the law firm that has advised on the most M&A deals in...
Changes to South Africa’s critical skills list expected to be published imminently
The regulations to the South African Immigration Act, 2002 provide for the Department of Home Affairs to periodically publish a list of critical skills required by the country. The existing list has not been updated since 2014. An unofficial draft list is in circulation and we understand that the...
South African Labour Legislation and the Gig Economy: The Uber Case
In recent years, the world has seen a marked growth in a sub-category of the services sector which is often referred to as the “gig” or “collaborative” economy. It derives its name from the ad hoc nature of the work performed and is, by and large, a technologically driven environment in which...
Enforcing The Payment Of Severance Pay
Where employees are retrenched the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) requires employers to pay the retrenchees severance pay of at least one week’s remuneration per year of completed service. It is stressed that the retrenchees are entitled to such severance pay in addition to their...
Norton Rose Fulbright announces promotion in Johannesburg
Amber von Steiger has been promoted to director at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa. Based in the firm’s Johannesburg office, Amber is a corporate, mergers and acquisitions lawyer and heads up the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) team.
The Decision between Nestle Zambia Trading Limited and Zambia Revenue Authority
The Zambia Revenue Authority ("ZRA") performed a transfer pricing audit with respect to Nestlé Zambia Trading Limited's ("Nestlé Zambia") operations on the basis that Nestlé had consistently reported losses for a period of five years, between 2010 and 2014 (inclusive). The ZRA issued an...
Cape Town-based female-owned law firms, SchoemanLaw Inc and Graham Prinsloo Inc announces merger
SchoemanLaw Inc, known as the preferred law firm for entrepreneurs, and Graham Prinsloo Inc a boutique specialist family law firm announced merger plans today. The announcement follows a long-standing pre-existing collaboration between the two empowerment focused, successful female-owned (and...
Legal 500 names Spoor & Fisher Tier 1 in latest rankings
The Legal 500 has once again ranked leading international Intellectual Property (IP) law firm Spoor & Fisher as a Tier 1 firm in South Africa. The Legal 500, a guide to preeminent law firms, stated in its report that Spoor & Fisher is a longstanding market leader in trade marks and patents across...
Warburton Attorneys Monthly Safety, Health & Environmental (She) Legislation Update – January 2019
SECTION A: ENVIRONMENTAL (NATIONAL) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT 59 OF 2008:
Blue skies & sunshine – Mauritius maintains appeal for investment managers focused on Africa
Not just the ultimate holiday stop, Mauritius is also a preferred jurisdiction for fund managers looking to establish African-focused funds. A scenic island off the coast of Africa, Mauritius' main competitive advantage is its proximity to the jurisdictions that African-focused funds invest in,...
New system to be launched to detect non-compliance with Minimum Wage Act
Last month the Department of Labour (DOL) released a media brief noting that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has requested that the DOL investigate the growing practice of deliberate circumvention of labour laws amongst employers. Since its enactment on 1 January...
