Commercial Litigation in South Africa

‘Commercial Litigation in South Africa’, written by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Head of Dispute Resolution...

Business Rescue Matters

Shareholders are one of the categories of 'affected persons' in business rescue proceedings.

Company Law Matters

The Companies Act 71 of 2008 has been assented to by the President and is now a law of the land.

Finance, Projects and Banking Matters

According to a survey carried out by FinScope Africa in 2006, 49% of the South African adult population does not have access to banking services.

Competition Alert

On 28 August 2009 the Competition Amendment Act, No 1 of 2009, was published in Government Gazette No 32533...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr achieves multiple top ratings in Best Lawyers International 2009 rankings

With 21 lawyers individually listed, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has achieved the No. 1 ranking in six categories in the Best Lawyers International 2009 rankings.

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...

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.

How skilled workers can get a work visa

Michael Yeates, head of the Immigration sector talks about how skilled foreigners can get a work visa.

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.