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New Year’s Resolutions in the Workplace- How to start the New Year correctly
Introduction January is when everyone draws up a list of New Year’s Resolutions that they personally want to achieve during the year. It can be based on lessons learnt from the previous year or what they want to achieve this year.Why should it only be confined to...
A lucky escape, or not so much: resigning with immediate effect to avoid disciplinary action
It has now become a norm that an employee will render their resignation with immediate effect in the hopes of avoiding the consequences of being dismissed for misconduct, and thus, free themselves from the constraints of a stained disciplinary record that may ruin...
Sectional Title Schemes Management Act: Part 2 Body Corporates
In the previous article on the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act (hereinafter referred to as the Management Act), the role players, functions and powers associated with body corporates were briefly explained. In this article, I will discuss a few additional key...
First comes love, then comes … contracts?
Wedding planning and dreaming of the future is a combination of stress, nerves, and oh so much excitement! Yet couples on their way to happily ever after often forget the weighty decisions that need to be made, such as the matrimonial property regime that they will be...
Legal Ethics Under Scrutiny
A former attorney accused of embezzling over plus-minus, 6 million rand from the Road Accident Fund has been released on bail for 10 thousand rand earlier this month. He was allegedly arrested by the Hawks after they received a tip-off warning them of his alleged...
Sectional Title Schemes Management Act: Part 1 Body Corporates
In 2011 the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act (hereinafter referred to as the Management Act) was assented to by then-President Jacob Zuma. The need for the Act was created by the extensive use of the format in the property landscape. Although there already...
The Fine Line Between Negligence and Poor Performance
Gross negligence is a form of misconduct that allows for summary dismissal if found guilty. But often employees are left speechless, unaware that what they had done or failed to do had amounted to gross negligence. To attempt to avoid a claim for unfair dismissal,...
How Has Covid-19 Affected South African Mergers And Acquisitions Value?
None of us are strangers to the drastic and everlasting effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the effect the National Lockdowns and the halting of business have had on global and national trade. However, for the business innovator and budding entrepreneur, it may be...
Changing your Marital Property Regime
Introduction: Why sign an Antenuptial Contract The importance of an antenuptial contract cannot be over-estimated. In terms of South African Family Law, where a couple does not sign an antenuptial contract before tying the knot the marital regime applicable to their...
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