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On 24 March 2014 the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) dismissed all charges against South African Breweries Limited (SAB) and its authorised distributors in a matter that has been on-going for 10 years.
Certain provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (Act) dealing with the establishment of the office of the Information Regulator (as well as its powers, duties and functions) have, on proclamation by the President of the Republic of South Africa, come into effect as of 11 April 2014.
There have been a number of cases concerning the status of the certificate of outcome issued by the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration as well as the power of the CCMA to determine its own jurisdiction.
A research report issued by DLA Piper , which contained a South African chapter quoting the Head of the Employment Practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Aadil Patel, has received the attention of the South Africa judiciary system, when it was quoted in a judgment delivered in April this year in the South African Labour Court.
Peter Hesseling, and Johan Latsky, directors in the Corporate and Commercial practice, and Aadil Patel, National Head of the Employment practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr have been named as winning partners in the 2014 Client Choice International Awards. The awards were announced in London in April 2014.
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Arguably the most contentious provision for lenders in the new Companies Act, 2008 (Act), is the introduction...
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Leasing agents who have previously been recouping their fees directly from tenants, may be surprised by the recent amendment to the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999.
An agent will have a claim for commission on a sale agreement if he introduced the parties to one another, thereby being the effective cause of the sale.
Parties are increasingly being prevented from escaping legal accountability for their wrongful actions.
The macro-economic rationale that lies at the heart of black economic empowerment (BEE) is to address the...
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Massmart has launched a complaint with the Competition Commission targeting Pick n Pay, Spar and Shoprite in a bid to end lease exclusivity clauses. Chris Charter, Head of our Competition practice comments.
There is a lot of interest in the liquidation of various assets that are owned by former ANCYL leader Julias Malema. Guests in studio are Marc Ashton, Editor of Finweek, Vincent Tadden Lending Product House at FNB Wealth and Julian Jones, National Head of the Business Rescue, Restructuring and Insolvency Sector.
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Quintin Honey talks about general corporate finance with regards to mergers and acquisitions.
The ministry of finance says that the 2015 Tax Law Amendment Act provisions relating to retirement will come into force on 1 March 2016, however the annuitization requirement for provident fund will be postponed to the 1 March 2018 but some tax experts are concerned that the delays will hit consumers in the long term. Ruaan van Eeden, director in the Tax and Exchange Control practice explains the implications of this latest development.
Johann Jacobs, national practice head and director in the Trust and Estates practice talks about the budget speech which was delivered by the finance minister from trusts tax perspective.
Michael Yeates, head of the Immigration sector talks about how skilled foreigners can get a work visa.
Jonathan Ripley-Evans talks about arbitration, which is the settling of differences between parties by an arbitrator.
Nicole Paulsen, associate in the Tax and Exchange Control practice speaks about employment tax incentives and how it expires.
