Overseas Universities lawful in South Africa – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr acts for CTI Education Group

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Higher Education Act does not prohibit a...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr wins Best Law Firm in South Africa for Banking legal work 2009 award

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has been chosen as the winner of the Corporate Intl Magazine Practice Excellence Award for Banking in South Africa...

Consumer Protection Act Matters

The Consumer Protection Act, 2009 (the Act) was signed into law by the President on 24 April 2009.

Intellectual Property Matters

Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. recently approached the European Court of First Instance (CFI) for an injunction...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Employment practice highly ranked by the Practical Law Company

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Employment practice is highly recommended in the recently published, 2009/2010 editions of the PLC Cross-border Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook and PLC Which lawyer?

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Environmental practice ranked as an industry leader

In the 2009/2010 Practical Law Company (PLC) Cross-border Environment Handbook, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is ranked as a leading Environmental law firm...

The Way to BEE

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has compiled this guide to broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE)...

The ins and outs of structuring deals in South Africa

David Pinnock and Yaniv Kleitman of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr discuss the progress of the private equity industry in South Africa...

King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2002

In 1994 the King Repor t on Corporate Governance (King I) was published by the King Committee on Corporate...

Recouping costs incurred by the leasing agent

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's right to commission

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.

South Africa's jurisdictional net grows wider

Parties are increasingly being prevented from escaping legal accountability for their wrongful actions.

Beware the bogeyman

The macro-economic rationale that lies at the heart of black economic empowerment (BEE) is to address the...

Nicholas Preston comments on Shakes Mashaba and Isegund Gordan having a contract at the same time.

Newly appointed Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba arrives back in South Africa after a tour of Mali as the official coach of the senior national team. Isegund Gordan’s contract with SAFA runs until the end of the month, but a employment lawyer says this is perfectly legal that both men can be contracted for the same position at the same time. Director, Nicholas Preston gives comment.

Reactions to budget has been mostly mixed. To talk more on this is Emil Brincker, Director

Reactions to today`s budget has been mostly mixed. To talk more on this is Emil Brincker, Director and National Tax Practice Head.

Allan Reid elaborates about the 10th anniversary of the Mining Charter

Allan Reid, Sector Head of Mining and Minerals elaborates about the 10th anniversary of the mining charter.

Whistle blowing in SA is making South African multinational nervous

Chris Charter on new Competition Commission action against price collusion

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.

Liquidation of various assets that are owned by former ANCYL leader, Julius Malema

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.

Arbitration - the hearing and determining of disputes

Jonathan Ripley-Evans talks about arbitration, which is the settling of differences between parties by an arbitrator.

Employment tax incentives

Nicole Paulsen, associate in the Tax and Exchange Control practice speaks about employment tax incentives and how it expires.