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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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Powers of the Information Regulator and how the Department of Justice could have avoided a R5 million fine
There has been great anxiety amongst organisations since the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) came [...]
The extent of an arbitrator’s jurisdiction
In the recent decision of Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited v Dainfern Square (Pty) Ltd & Others[1] the Supreme Court of [...]
Exercising due caution with regard to open source software in private equity transactions
Private equity investors play a role in supporting the growth and development of companies in South Africa. When a [...]
Proposed draft legislation to replace Practice Note 31 of 1994
An indispensable requirement for the claiming of an income tax deduction is that the taxpayer must be carrying on [...]
Ruling in favour of the Digital Age: Local and foreign courts give a to electronic agreements and signatures
and Karabo Kekana, Candidate Attorney Recently a Canadian court decided that a emoji constituted an electronic signature and resulted in [...]
When is an instruction to work overtime unlawful and unenforceable?
and Nombulelo Bashe, Candidate Attorney AMCU obo Mkhonto v CCMA and Others (JR 2266/17) [2023] ZALCJHB (13 February 2023) Insubordination [...]