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GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

06 December 2024, Lefevré Joubert

In South Africa, owning a firearm is a significant responsibility, particularly with the current climate of crime and security concerns.

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Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

03 December 2024

Can the conduit principle be used in structures where there are multiple trusts? This issue has recently been heard by... the Constitutional Court in the case of Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (CCT 337/22) [2024] ZACC 19 which has guided how to tax capital gains in multi-tiered trust structures.

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When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

03 December 2024

There is often great uncertainty and misconceptions when it comes to the resignation of trustees of a trust. In this... article, we look at the requirements for the resignation of a trustee from an inter vivos trust and a testamentary trust.

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Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

03 December 2024

The duty to maintain a child is of utmost importance. But what happens when your financial circumstances change, causing you... to fall behind on maintenance payments? Can you challenge the maintenance order in such a situation?

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GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

06 December 2024, Lefevré Joubert

In South Africa, owning a firearm is a significant responsibility, particularly with the current climate of crime and security concerns.

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Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

03 December 2024

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When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

03 December 2024

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Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

03 December 2024

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Your kids cannot eat your excuses for lunch

05 October 2023, Aqeelah Petersen

Children are dependent on adults. This is a fact, and in attempt to protect them, the law regards the rights of... children to be of paramount importance.

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Can an unmarried father register a child under his surname?

15 November 2021

I’m the father of a newborn daughter. The mother, to whom I’m not married, disappeared immediately after birth leaving me... as sole parent of my daughter. Because I don’t know where the mother is I cannot get the mother’s consent. Without this consent Home Affairs does not want to register my daughter under my surname. I have no idea what to do now. Can you help?

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Both Spouses Liable For Child Maintenance

04 August 2020, Lefevré Joubert

Even the rich feel the pinch of the economic impact of Covid-19, as a mother of two small children discovered... in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria)

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Parental Responsibilities and Rights

02 November 2018

The Children’s Act is specifically formulated to protect our vulnerable children....

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What is Parenting Coordination and Facilitation and does the Court have the necessary authority to appoint a facilitator when parents cannot agree to the appointment of a facilitator?

25 June 2018

It is common cause that parents who are no longer in a relationship and/or are going through a divorce, or... have gone through a divorce have difficulty in reaching consensus when it comes to important decisions regarding their minor children. Some parents have great difficulty in agreeing to something as simple as “which parent will have the children for the first part of the December holiday and which parent will have the children for the second part of the December holiday”.

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My kind se biologiese vader versuim om sy verpligtinge in terme van die Onderhoudsbevel na te kom – Watter remedies het ek tot my beskikking?

03 May 2017

Dit kom algemeen voor dat met die skikkingsonderhandelinge by egskeiding kom die partye ooreen wat betref die onderhoud ten opsigte... van die minderjarige kinders gebore uit die huwelik, na afloop van die egskeiding.

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GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

GUIDELINES FOR USING A FIREARM IN SELF-DEFENCE - UNDERSTANDING THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA

Capital gains distributions between trusts – who gets taxed?

When and how can a trustee resign from a trust?

Can you challenge maintenance when you’re in arrears?

Your kids cannot eat your excuses for lunch

Can an unmarried father register a child under his surname?

Both Spouses Liable For Child Maintenance

Parental Responsibilities and Rights

What is Parenting Coordination and Facilitation and does the Court have the necessary authority to appoint a facilitator when parents cannot agree to the appointment of a facilitator?

My kind se biologiese vader versuim om sy verpligtinge in terme van die Onderhoudsbevel na te kom – Watter remedies het ek tot my beskikking?

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