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Customs and Excise Highlights

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

22 Jun 2018
A long-awaited guide on venture capital companies published for comment

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

22 Jun 2018
The Mining Charter 2010 vs the 2018 Draft Mining Charter: How will the 2018 draft Mining Charter affect you?

Mining & Minerals Alert

22 Jun 2018
The latest legislative developments on the competition law and consumer protection fronts in Botswana

Competition Alert

20 Jun 2018
Till death do us part

Dispute Resolution Alert

20 Jun 2018
Draft Mining Charter III: More uncertainty amid the certainty?

Mining and Minerals Alert

18 Jun 2018
“If I did not sign it, I am not bound”

Employment Alert

18 Jun 2018
A declaratory order is not legal advice: Conveyancer proxy turned away

Dispute Resolution & Real Estate Alert

18 Jun 2018
The capital v revenue question in the context of government grants: The SCA decides in favour of the motor manufacturing industry.

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

15 Jun 2018
The Station Wagon, The Heroin and the Preservation Of Property Order: Section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, No 121 Of 1998

Corporate Investigations Alert

13 Jun 2018
Accidents happen but does that make someone liable?

Dispute Resolution Alert

13 Jun 2018
Political insignia has no place in the workplace

Employment Alert

11 Jun 2018
Too depressed to attend an enquiry? How to deal with bogus medical certificates

Employment Alert

11 Jun 2018
Customs and Excise Highlights

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

8 Jun 2018
Accrual of amount on cession of right to dividends

Tax & Exchange Control Alert

8 Jun 2018
NEC4: Time-barred from notifying or referring a dispute?

Dispute Resolution Alert

6 Jun 2018
Some clarity on what constitutes a “class” of creditors in a section 155 compromise

Dispute Resolution Alert

6 Jun 2018
The Cape Town High Court affirms the right of municipalities to claim compensation from Telco’s who trench on their land

Dispute Resolution Alert

6 Jun 2018

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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has been recognised by DealMakers as the local law firm that has consistently advised on the most number of M&A deals in South Africa. The firm clinched the prestigious M&A Deal Flow award for the ninth consecutive year. Click here to read more.

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