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The Consumer Protection Act (“the Act”) is this piece of legislation that everyone knows about and spews it everywhere when they find themselves in a sticky situation with shop owners

Introduction It’s a new year and most businesses are turning a new page, one that is free from the doom and gloom that characterised the years 2020 and 2021.  For

This month we read in the news about the historical planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. by Microsoft Corp..  The deal is said to be approximately $68.7 billion which will

This blog is brought to you by the Legalese Guest Blogger Program, where we give young up-and-comer lawyers the opportunity to write for us and put their legal minds to work.

Running a business with other people is tricky. Someone’s life can change at the drop of a hat, and at that stage the human thing to do is to look

This blog is brought to you by the Legalese Guest Blogger Program, where we give young up-and-comer lawyers the opportunity to write for us and put their legal minds to work.

This blog is brought to you by the Legalese Guest Blogger Program, where we give young up-and-comer lawyers the opportunity to write for us and put their legal minds to work.

Private companies in South Africa are governed by the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("the Act") which requires them to have at least one director. Sections 66 to 78 of

Litigating parties are often frustrated by the costs and delays of ordinary court processes. Alternative dispute resolution options like arbitration go some way towards resolving this, but are still slow

What is a private company? A private company is a profit company that is not a public, personal liability, or state-owned company, and its Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) prohibits it from

As we all grapple with ‘business unusual’, it’s important to remember that our chief objective should be to keep everyone as safe and as healthy as possible. So, what does