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Can shareholders be held to have “traded recklessly”?

Corporate and Commercial Alert

20 Jan 2021
When does a surety’s right of recourse arise and what effect does section 154(2) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 have on this right?

Dispute Resolution Alert

19 Jan 2021
Call for Public Comment: Expropriation Bill, Bill 23 of 2020

Dispute Resolution Alert

19 Jan 2021
Is South African business rescue available to external companies?

Dispute Resolution Alert

19 Jan 2021
COVID-19 does not immunise employees from following lawful and reasonable instructions

Employment Law Alert

18 Jan 2021
Performance bonds: New developments on the call up of guarantees?

Dispute Resolution Alert

12 Jan 2021
Court tells Eskom to explore all the options before cutting the lights to beleaguered municipalities on the brink of financial collapse

Dispute Resolution Alert

12 Jan 2021
An Employer's Guide to Adjusted Level 3 Regulations

Employment Law Alert

4 Jan 2021
Planning ahead: SARS issues binding private ruling regarding pension payments from a foreign pension fund

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

11 Dec 2020
The issue is now settled: Resignation with immediate effect cannot be used as a mechanism to escape disciplinary action

Employment Law Alert

11 Dec 2020
How far is too far? Considering the exercise of the court’s inherent powers in the face of statutory provisions

Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency Newsletter

11 Dec 2020
Beyond COVID-19: Recent merger control developments (Part 1)

Competition Alert

11 Dec 2020
The Pro Bono & Human Rights Practice: A year not to be forgotten

Pro Bono & Human Rights Newsletter

10 Dec 2020
COIDA Amendment Bill: A changing work order - employers beware of administrative fines

Employment Law Alert

9 Dec 2020
On the first day of Christmas, my employer said to me, “No thirteenth cheque!”

Employment Law Alert

9 Dec 2020
Can South African employers impose mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies as a pre-requisite to return to work or as a precondition for employment?

9 Dec 2020
Latest episodes on electronic signatures and the risk associated therewith

Corporate & Commercial Alert

9 Dec 2020
Where do we stand on sale of immovable property agreements signed electronically?

Real Estate Alert

8 Dec 2020

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