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The ranking of creditors’ claims – now settled law!
By Nastascha Harduth, Director and Roxanne Webster, Senior Associate Since the introduction of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("the Companies Act"), and particularly Chapter 6 [...]
Navigating through a crisis
COVID-19 has imposed extremely difficult trading conditions on South African companies like never before. These unprecedented events will impact on the way we manage our [...]
The impact of COVID-19 on the use of common areas
by Fátima Rodrigues, Director and Head of the Property Law & Real Estate practice (Johannesburg) and Yatheen Ramnath, Candidate Attorney On 15 March 2020 a national state of [...]
COVID-19 regulations: common misconceptions
by Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and head of the Land Reform Restitution & Tenure practice and Thomas Karberg, Candidate attorney The national lockdown to curb the spread [...]
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa Rankings
The Legal 500 has released its 2020 rankings for the EMEA region yesterday. Regarded as one of the world's largest and most reputable legal referral guides, [...]
COVID-19 and the resultant impact on the distribution obligations of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
by Kashvi Lalla, Director and Raquel Goncalves, Candidate Attoney The nationwide lockdown following the Covid-19 outbreak has undoubtedly impacted the property sector in South Africa and [...]
Accommodations by the JSE in meeting obligations under the JSE Limited listing and debt listing requirements
by Raquel Goncalves , Candidate AttorneyReviewed by Brian Price, Director and Bronwyn Parker, Senior Associate The Covid 19 outbreak, and the subsequent inevitable lock-down and other measures [...]
The various departmental functions available during lock-down
By Bronwyn Parker, Senior Associate and Kyra South, AssociateReviewed by Chris Stevens, Director and Head of Mining, Environmental & Resources practice Lock-down not Shutdown: business may [...]
The right of access to housing and its applicability to citizens or non-citizens
By Anele Ngidi, Director and Thomas Karberg, Candidate Attorney The latter part of 2019 was marred by a series of protests and attacks on foreign nationals [...]
When Insolvency meets the Environment: Directors and liquidators should develop a corporate green thumb
By Nastascha Harduth, Director. Bronwyn Parker, Senior Associate and Tsebo Masia, Candidate Attorney Introduction Corporate South Africa has long been aware of the influence that environmental [...]
COVID-19 – Duties of Directors
by Eric Levenstein, Director and Nastascha Harduth, Director Capital markets have been rattled by the multiple effects of COVID-19: A reported R2.3 [...]
Use of Competition Law in response to COVID-19: emergency government actions taken
Use of Competition Law in response to COVID-19 The South African Government is responding quickly to the health threats posed by COVID-19. [...]
Werksmans response to COVID-19
Following the declaration by the President of the Republic of South Africa of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic as a disaster in South [...]
Time to focus: POPIA following on the heels of the coronavirus
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and head of Data Privacy Without a process to monitor, understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19 by [...]
COVID-19 and the impact of time delays on a contract
by Cari Cole-Morgan, Director and Julian van Niekerk, Director The delays and disruptions caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19 and government [...]
Mining law implications of cessation or curtailment of operations arising from COVID‑19
by Kathleen Louw, Director and Chris Stevens, Director RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO TEMPORARILY CEASE OR CURTAIL OPERATIONS The holder of a [...]
Force majeure and supervening impossibility of performance
by Pierre Burger, Director and Shmuel Moch, Senior Associate Introduction One of the major legal issues arising from the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has [...]
Financial consequences of COVID-19
by Danny Andropoulos, Director It is very likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in financial distress for many businesses. Insofar as [...]
Price gouging
by Irma-Dalene Gouws, Director Where firms, in times of crisis, increase the prices of goods, or services to levels substantially above what would, under normal circumstances, [...]
Does COVID-19 render non-performance justifiable in the context of construction contracts?
by Jason Smit, Director and Mahatma Khwidzhili, Associate The outbreak and consequences of COVID-19 has resulted in government taking drastic action and exercising statutory power in [...]
Commerce in a time of uncertainty: COVID-19
By Neil Kirby, Director and Helen Michael, Director and Zamathiyane Mthiyane, Senior Associate The spread of COVID-19 has caused panic worldwide, with panic [...]
MAC clauses
by Shayne Krige, Director The coronavirus has obvious impacts on the airline, events and tourism industries, but we are also seeing a [...]
The effects of the Coronavirus in the workplace
By Anastasia Vatalidis, Director and Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Jacques van Wyk, Director and Kerry Federicks, Senior Associate, and Andre van Heerden, Senior [...]
2020/2021 Budget Proposals – Tax Overview
By: The Werksmans Tax Team INTRODUCTION From 2015/2016, year on year there have been upward adjustments to the various tax rates, including the increase in [...]
WERKSMANS SUPPORTS START-UPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Beyond the need to merely operate as a top-ranked highly successful corporate and commercial law firm, Werksmans strives to make a difference in all we do. [...]
