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Brushing up on impeachable dispositions in terms of Section 34 of the Insolvency Act

13 February 2024,  Anelmari Truter

“Even the most familiar things or concepts are never the worse for renewed scrutiny and for being, figuratively speaking, dusted... and tidied”- Van Warmelo -

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Time running out for building registrations

22 May 2023

While businesses in SA have been given a three-year reprieve to obtain and display a new Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)... – time is running out to register building details, which needs to happen before the end of this year. 

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Impact of Lockdown on Contracts

20 April 2020,  Salomé van Wyk

What is the effect of the declared state of disaster on agreements, especially lease agreements, particularly where a business is... forced to be closed?

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Many benefits for a 51% black owned company

08 August 2018

My start-up business has been growing rapidly and I’m considering bringing a partner on board to invest and help take... the business to the next level. I’m keenly aware of the importance of transformation and have identified a potential BEE partner who is prepared to take up a 51% stake in my business. That said, a new partner is a big decision and I just want to make sure there is sufficient strategic benefit in doing so?

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What print or font is too small for a contract?

07 June 2018

I recently bought a second-hand car from a local car dealership. Not long afterwards the car started giving me trouble.... When I took it back to the dealership, they said it was not their responsibility as the contract I had signed transferred all responsibility to me. They showed me the contract, but most of it was printed so small that I couldn’t even read it let alone understand it. Surely I should at least be able to read a contract to be bound by it?

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Is the interest-free loan to a trust dead?

08 March 2017

For estate planning purposes a few years ago I moved some of my assets into a family trust and financed... the disposal to the trust with an interest free loan in my name. I understand that recent tax amendments will now impose unfavourable tax consequences on me in relation to this interest free loan. Is this true?

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