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Contractor Dispute Resolution in terms of the Building Contract
Building disputes happen fairly often and, in many cases, when not settled, end up before an arbitrator due to the provisions of the type of building contract entered into. Sometimes, even before a court of law. The main reason behind this seems to be two-fold....
Blackmonday: The impact on your business
As many of you are aware, the announcement by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday, 30 March 2017, regarding cabinet reshuffling, caused a great uproar in communities all over South Africa. One community in particular created the...
Slide Share – Marital property regimes in South Africa: Marriage In Community of Property
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When am I regarded as an employee?
The signing of an offer of employment generally signifies the beginning of a contractual relationship between an employer and employee in labour law. Legislation that stipulates the rights of both the employer and employee after the signing of the offer of acceptance...
Lease agreements and the limitations of the moratorium on obligations in business rescue proceedings
The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act”), as amended, introduced a new process in the stead of its predecessor, known as judicial management. It is a fairly new addition to our law and therefore still largely misunderstood, as a result, the courts play an important...
Evicting the Unlawful Occupier
Residential evictions in South Africa are governed by the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act No. 19 of 1998 (“PIE”). This legislation was enacted to regulate both the lawful eviction of unlawful occupiers, and the recognition of...
Movable assets in South Africa of a deceased who was ordinarily resident in another state – Section 20 of the Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965 and the relevance thereof to legal practitioners
With the percentage of South African citizens immigrating to other countries increasing yearly, it is necessary to be aware of the fact that many of these individuals will most likely spend the rest of their lives in that country. This means that they will most likely...
Why the process of winding up a deceased’s estate is lengthy
The process of claiming from a deceased’s estate can be a daunting exercise for surviving family members, especially if the deceased was the sole bread-winner. Family members are often under the impression that, once there is a death in the family, the estate of the...
New Preferential Procurement Regulations to take into consideration
Imminent changes are looming and will become effective on 1 April 2017. These will affect organisations doing or wishing to do business with organs of state. This as a result of the new Preferential Procurement Regulations issued on 20 January 2017, in terms of the...
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