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Important Aspects Concerning Written Warnings
Introduction It is every Employer’s wish to maintain order within the workplace and to give all Employees a chance to correct their actions when disciplinary issues arise. However, inevitably so, there may come a time when an Employer has to undergo the unpleasant...
Blockchain: The Future of Contracting and its Legal Enforcement
According to the Gartner 2018 State of the Legal Function Survey, 43% of the companies surveyed expected to increase their expenditure on Legal IT Systems or Software by 10% or more over the following three years. This next step in business technology has been taken...
Proposed Amendments to FICA – How will this impact you and me? A Commercial Lawyer’s perspective….
Introduction The Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (hereinafter referred to as “FICA” or the “Act”) was legislated primarily to combat various unlawful activities, such as money laundering and other unlawful transactions. Essentially, FICA imposes an...
Conveyancing: The Electronic Deeds System Explained
Introduction During the first quarter of 2018, Parliament’s National Assembly passed the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill (hereinafter referred to as the “Bill”), which was originally published by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 7...
Two Cape Town-based female-owned law firms, SchoemanLaw Inc and Graham Prinsloo Inc announces merger
The announcement follows a long-standing pre-existing collaboration between the two empowerment focused, successful female-owned (and managed) law firms. For me, this is a dream come true. We are all driven by the core values of honesty, integrity and hard work. We...
Multiple Offers – Can the Seller cancel an Offer to Purchase upon receiving a better offer?
Introduction In South Africa, the transfer of Immoveable Property is governed and regulated by legislation to ensure that all Parties to a transaction are protected. In terms of Section 2 of the Alienation of Land Act No. 68 of 1981, as amended, no alienation of land...
Key Changes introduced by The Competition Amendment Act
On 13 February 2019, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Competition Amendment Act, 2019 into law. The commencement date has yet to be published in the Government Gazette. In South Africa, economic concentration results in fewer opportunities for SME’s...
Limitations on Contractual Capacity
Introduction In South Africa, importance is placed on an individual’s ability to act in appreciation of the consequences of their actions. It is because of this general outlook that there are different legal limitations placed on a person’s ability to contract, which...
Legal Agreements every App Developer needs
Introduction Applications (“apps”) have become very popular in the last ten years, especially on mobile phones. It is a booming industry where Developers create apps to help our smart phones do more. As an App Developer, it is important to have the right legal...
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