Legal updates and opinions

Blockchain is revolutionising global trade and presenting both opportunities and challenges in the fields of intellectual property law, contact law and regulatory law. This seminar will [...]

Werksmans' Pro Bono Department understands the dire need for the law to be made more accessible to the general public and that education is one of [...]

ARE YOU COMPLIANT? In the past few years the competition authorities have interpreted the fundamental concepts of "control" and "part of the business" as used in [...]

The long-awaited new International Arbitration Act came into force in December 2017. This important development heralds the dawn of a new era for arbitration in South Africa. [...]

The much-anticipated report of the Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture was published on 28 July 2019, contained in 144 pages. Our Director and [...]

ARE YOU READY? The Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill is currently before the National Assembly on its progression through the legislative process. Are you ready [...]

Doing business in Africa is associated with diverse challenges and risks and must accordingly be founded on a strong legal base. Werksmans is a founding member [...]

The much-anticipated report of the Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture was published on 28 July 2019, contained in 144 pages. Our Director and [...]

Despite data indicating an upward trend, the construction industry remains under scrutiny and in the headlines for all the wrong reasons – most notably the finalisation [...]

SEMINAR RECORDING A robust understanding of the implications of the Protection of Personal Information Act, is imperative for anyone partaking in the economy. A number of [...]

Maximising Returns in a Restructuring - some war stories and practical solutions. Join us for a breakfast seminar where we will discuss the challenges faced in [...]

Please join us for a discussion around the latest developments in fund regulation in South Africa and major international fund jurisdictions. Topics include: The Financial Sector [...]

The environmental impacts, and associated risks and liabilities, arising from contaminated land present one of the most complex scientific and legal challenges of our time and [...]

Werksmans will be hosting our upcoming labour seminar where we will be considering implications of recent amendments within the dynamic field of labour law for employers [...]

Thami has been the Deputy Head of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights since 2011. Prior to that he was the Head of Legal Support [...]

Doing business in Africa is associated with diverse challenges and risks and must accordingly be founded on a strong legal base. Werksmans is a founding member [...]

Werksmans Attorneys held a seminar on Wednesday, April 9 2014, entitled Unlocking the why, the how and the who of POPI. The seminar looked at the Protection of [...]

Werksmans will be hosting our upcoming labour seminar where we will be considering implications of recent amendments within the dynamic field of labour law for employers [...]

"The Land Question" continues to be the subject of intensive debate in South Africa. Land reform, one of governments’ main transformatory programmes, has itself been transformed [...]

UNPACKING THE NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ACT AND CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE. Recent amendments to the BBBEE Act and Codes will have [...]

Like most other industries in the world and in South Africa, the construction sector is increasingly taking strain. With new changes in standard templates, increasingly frustrating [...]

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS: ALL THE STARS, ALL THE ACTION AND ALL THE SUSPENSE Healthcare and Life Sciences Law is currently undergoing a revolution in South Africa with [...]

We welcome 2018 with fundamental shifts and changes in regulation governing health care in South Africa as well as draft proposed regulations under our privacy laws. [...]

Environmental law is a morass of regulations, laws, statutes, by-laws, guidelines and directives. However, environmental law remains an important part of business operations in so far [...]

Please join us for our first webinar where we will be considering implications of the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) relating to industrial [...]