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SAFM Market Update: Cross Trainer Enters Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, had a discussion with Jimmy Moyaha of SAFM about the markets reaction to Cross Trainer going under business rescue and the current status of the business rescue mechanism in South Africa.
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Top ten risks for creditors of companies going into Business Rescue in 2017
Continued pressure on business and world economies appears to continue into 2017. In South Africa, 2016 has seen several companies [...]
Further update on the Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme in respect of offshore assets and income
INTRODUCTION In terms of the Explanatory Memorandum on the Special Voluntary Programme ("SVDP"), the SVDP will be deemed to [...]
Truworths vs Ackermans: the importance of carefully selecting a trade mark
Ackermans has recently been successful in a precedent setting trade mark dispute against Truworths which was heard by the Supreme [...]
Environmental legal compliance evaluations, an indispensable risk management tool
The awareness of environmental harms being inflicted by industry is continually growing due, firstly, to the ever increasing visual presence [...]
The requirements for the transfer of a business as a going concern
ISSUE What is the proper test for determining whether a transfer of a business as a going concern has [...]
Ambit of inspector powers under Section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996 clarified
At its core the Mine Health and Safety Act No 29 of 1996 ("MHSA") aims to promote a culture of [...]
