There’s nothing to pour cold water on the excitement of a successful house sale quite like the realization that the buyer isn’t going to get a bond from the bank. We discuss the option of a “kustingsbrief” or “seller’s bond”.
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2023 dawns and you decide to realise your dream – you’re finally going into business for yourself. We summarise the four choices of business entity available to you, analysing the pros and cons of each in an illustrative table.
If you are a “designated” employer, your Employment Equity Act (EEA) Report is due on 15 January 2023.
A pedestrian sues both the runner and the race organiser for R718,000 in damages, claiming they were negligent.
Let’s have a look at how our courts can use The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) to come to our assistance in a practical sense.
Many employees approaching the “Big Sixty” will have no intention of giving up work any time soon and will be asking their employers if they can stay on. We have a warning – “age discrimination” is an “automatically unfair” form of dismissal which carries severe consequences for offenders.
If you plan to marry this Wedding Season, make sure that a high priority item on your Wedding Plan list is to get the legal aspects sorted out before you actually tie the knot.
Buying and selling property is a big deal, and things can go wrong in the blink of an eye unless both buyer and seller understand exactly what their sale agreement says, and then either meet all deadlines or extend them as set out in the agreement.
The employer’s dismissal of an employee for “gross insubordination” and “incitement”, was overturned with a Labour Court order to retrospectively re-instate her. We discuss the reasons for that outcome and share some valuable lessons for all employers flowing from the judgment.
We discuss, with reference to a recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision, why taking judgment against a debtor doesn’t automatically clear you to sell it in execution. Even if the house is owned by a trust or a company.