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Small To Meduim Enterprises Filing For Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, spoke to eNCA discussing the uptick in filings for business rescue by small to medium enterprises and the usage of business rescue as a restructuring tool for the realignment of capital resources in a distressed environment.
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Informal restructuring or business rescue
Business rescue proceedings are formal legislated proceedings, under Chapter 6 of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("The [...]
Application of the participation exemption to the disposal of shares by a controlled foreign company
INTRODUCTION The participation exemption provides a useful and simple tax planning tool which should always be considered when dealing [...]
Shapes can speak a thousand words
The London Taxi Company has had its UK trade mark registration of the shape of its black cab declared invalid [...]
Ratepayers association tackles the Shebeen regulations
INTRODUCTION On 1 November 2017 the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg found in favour of the Yeoville Bellevue Ratepayers' Association [...]
Coal for Christmas – Diener N.O. v Minister of Justice and others
It is that magical time of the year where images are abound of Christmas trees, fairy lights, delicious pudding, family [...]
Trade marks TCP vs 3CP
The owner of the TCP mark has won its fight to stop the use of the confusingly similar 3CP mark [...]
