Sandton’s new legal landmark

We are pleased to announce that we and our pan-African division, Africa Legal, will be moving into our new premises in Alice Lane, Sandton, during the long weekend of 23 to 26 September 2010.

Maintenance of a surviving spouse - can lump sum payments be made?

Executors of deceased estates can now make lump sum payments to the surviving spouse of a deceased entitled to maintenance in terms of the Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act, but death benefits bequeathed to beneficiaries will not form part of the deceased estate and should be excluded when the value of the deceased estate is determined for the purposes of establishing whether the estate has the ability to maintain the surviving spouse.

Don’t be reckless

Bank learns the hard way to adhere to lending requirements

Consumer Protection Act - coming into force later than expected

24 October 2010 is the date on which the Consumer Protection Act is supposed to come into operation.  It seems increasingly likely that the Act will not come into force until 24 April 2011.

Companies Act and tax laws out of step

Unanticipated and far-reaching effects on the Income Tax Act of provisions in the new Companies Act are now beginning to sink in, slowly but surely.

2009 ABA Section of International Law - Antitrust Year in Review

Heather Irvine and Christopher Kok authored the chapter on South Africa in the 2009 Year-in-Review publication of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, International Antitrust Law Committee.

SA ready for foreigners

New act allows companies to cancel registration offshore and move here

Law Society challenges the abolishing of common law claims for losses

The Constitutional Court last week heard argument from the Law Society of South Africa and other applicants who challenged amendments to the Road Accident Fund Act abolishing the common law claims for losses resulting from injury or death as a result of vehicle accident.

Skikking is ‘onsinnig’, blyk uit kommissie se houding

Die Mededingingskommissie sê hy is ontvanklik vir skikkings met maatskappye wat betrokke was by kartelbedrywighede as dié skikking bykans dieselfde uitkoms het as wat ʼn beslissing in sy guns voor die Mededingingstribunaal sou hê.

Nuwe wet op maatskappye raak ook taks

Onvoorsiene en selfs ingrypende gevolge van bepalings in die nuwe Maatskappywet op die Inkomstebelastingwet begin “nou eers stadig maar seker” insink.