Life Insurance – Disclose the facts or risk repudiation
The recent repudiation by Momentum of a life insurance policy, based on a non-disclosure by the insured, has emphasised the importance of disclosing all known facts to the insurer prior to the inception of the insurance policy.
Cryptocurrency needs looking at
Cryptocurrency has gained significant traction in the past few years and has become a risky, but potentially lucrative, investment or trading option.
Complaints of fronting
Empowerment ratings are increasingly important for obtaining government contracts, licences and permits as well as doing work for any other business remotely reliant on government.
Taking the plunge
If you are reading this, it is probably because you have taken the plunge and decided to study law. Whatever your motivation to do so, you are probably well on your way to attaining an LLB degree. The issue that looms in most law students’ minds is what they will do after graduation, and whether practising as an attorney is the best course for them.
Conflicted Directors
No need to change the Constitution for land reform
The parliamentary committee is about to convene to consider whether section 25 of the Constitution should be amended to allow expropriation without compensation. Written submissions have been made and the road shows around the country completed. The core of the debate is whether land reform requires the Constitution to be amended. The Freedom Charter, adopted by the ANC in 1955, called for all land […]
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Cox Yeats – Progressively Growing
AWARD-winning Cox Yeats has just received another prestigious honour, this time moving up in rankings to being independently voted the top medium-sized law firm in the country. Cox Yeats and its team of 45 handpicked professionals had been consistently a top achiever in the “small law” firm category in the PMR.Africa Diamond Arrow Awards. However, in the recent 2018 awards, it moved into first place in […]
Is South Africa going green?
In the 2017, in the case of Prince v Minister of Justice, the authority of the state to restrict what people eat, drink or smoke in their own homes was challenged on the grounds that it is an unjustifiable invasion of an individual’s right to privacy, dignity and freedom. The Western Cape High Court held that the use of […]
Insolvency & Business Rescue Team: Appointing Business Rescue Practitioners
Business rescue was introduced in Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of2008 (the Act) as a new corporate rescue mechanism to assist companies in South Africa who find themselves suffering from financial difficulty. Business rescue provides distressed companies with temporary relief to allow for their rehabilitation. The successful rescue of companies is key in South Africa […]