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South Africa’s Greylisting: Regulatory authorities make progress on the Financial Action Task Force recommendations
Introduction It has been over a year since the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") announced that South Africa had [...]
Is your business struggling? Liquidation or Business Rescue are not the only options: The Section 155 Compromise
and researched by Thabani Dlamini - Candidate Attorney Introduction When your business is struggling and creditors are knocking down the [...]
Be careful what you wish for: Lessons from the LAC
On 13 October 2021 the Labour Court ("LC") found the dismissal of the employee to be automatically unfair. This was [...]
An extension of the Parate Executie principle in the liquidation context
Emontic Investments (Pty) Ltd v Bothomley and Others[1] Introduction A Parate Executie clause is generally regarded as an impermissible contractual [...]
Pro Bono Matters
In the past year, our pro bono team and other lawyers from Werksmans worked on a variety of matters across [...]
Business Rescue Trends in 2024 and Beyond
Brandon Starr - Candidate Attorney and Caitlin Steytler - Candidate Attorney With looming elections now scheduled for 29 May 2024, [...]
