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The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities in South Africa Act No. 12 of 2004 was signed into law on April 27, 2004 and the definition under the act is very wide. The critical word used in respect of corruption is "gratification". It is widely interpreted to unclude money in cash or otherwise, but also […]
A rates certificate must be lodged in the Deeds Office before a property can be transferred. Most people believe that once the municipality has issued the rates certificate and the property has been transferred to the buyer, the municipality cannot claim from from the buyer any arrear rates or unpaid debts which were not claimed […]
The terms “dishonesty” and “breach of trust” have been buzz-words in labour relations circles for many decades now, often forming the topic of many a conversation around the question of whether employers are justified to dismiss employees for acts of dishonesty in various situations and in numerous sets of circumstances. What is often apparent is […]
Chris Haralambous has been appointed a partner at Cox Yeats. The senior commercial and labour relations attorney has more than 17 years' experience in private practice, specialising in employment and commercial law and alternative dispute resolution. He is a qualified arbitrator. Simon Watson has been appointed as a partner at Cox Yeats. He can advise on constitutional, […]
Who remembers the manual Corolla typewriter, handwritten legal briefs in triplicate and “mistakenly” marching on the Union Buildings to protest against racist pass laws during the early years of apartheid? Few, to be sure. But 80-year-old business lawyer Graham Cox and his wife, Jillian, 77, have vivid memories of their university days in Cape Town, […]
