Making a counter-offer to an offer to purchase can be an excellent negotiating tactic in trying to reach consensus so you can finalise a binding sale agreement.
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“Pacta sunt servanda” is an important and fundamental legal principle internationally. It simply means “agreements must be kept”. There are…
“Right now we have got a challenge because our growth levels are insufficient to be able to cope with higher levels of debt … I will have more on this in the February budget next month. I can tell you now, we are operating in a fairly constrained fiscal space so the message we are likely to put across in February is going to be a difficult one.” (Minister of Finance, January 2024)
Landlord-tenant clash over power costs amid load shedding. High Court ruling on a gym’s access to a generator and a demanded “diesel recovery levy.” Explore the outcome and court’s reasoning.
Rising workplace financial crimes by trusted professionals. Discover what to do if a victim, considering charges or disciplinary actions. Explore severe consequences and a recent Labor Court decision on dual courses of action.
Valentine’s Day prompts legal and financial reflection for life partners. Learn the risks, remedies, and a High Court case on undefined relationships.
Explore post-property transfer issues: Unlawful structures & buyer claims. Learn the importance of upfront steps to prevent disputes.
Commonly confused, and sometimes incorrectly switched out by spell-checkers, these two terms are pronounced identically but have completely different meanings….
Moonlighting is reportedly common in South Africa, and that seems unlikely to change any time soon. Everyone should therefore take note of a recent Labour Court finding that a highly qualified university lecturer’s decision to take a second full-time job without permission justified her dismissal.
A recent High Court decision means that, for the first time, creditors of debtor companies are specifically cleared to apply for the company’s directors to be declared “delinquent” in certain circumstances. And that has significant implications for both directors and creditors.