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  • A note from Ianthe Biggs

    A note from Ianthe Biggs

    As I am writing this I am looking out into a small part of our garden. My study looks out over a small patch of grass and a tree where birds play all summer long. It struck me earlier today how...

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  • Property: Why Do You Need an Occupancy Certificate Before You Buy?

    Property: Why Do You Need an Occupancy Certificate Before You Buy?

    “…there is no obligation on the [seller] to obtain an occupancy certificate and to furnish it to the [buyers]” (Extract from judgment below) Imagine this – you buy your dream home, pay for it,...

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  • Who Owns Your Employee’s Invention? Lessons from the “Please Call Me” Saga

    Who Owns Your Employee’s Invention? Lessons from the “Please Call Me” Saga

    24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s “an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can amplify the innovative and creative solutions that are so...

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  • How to Safeguard Your Digital Presence: A Simple Checklist for Website Compliance

    How to Safeguard Your Digital Presence: A Simple Checklist for Website Compliance

    “It’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away” (Doug Warner) Your website, social media profiles, and other online platforms play a vital role in your business strategy...

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  • When to Lawyer Up

    When to Lawyer Up

    “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the lawyers of his time to have one of his characters utter that...

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  • Time a Priceless Commodity

    Time a Priceless Commodity

    My toddler very excitedly asks how long until we go to Granma? I answered saying only two nights sleep. Having no concept of time, he demands that he immediately go to bed! Time is a precious...

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  • Property Sales: “Conditional Acceptance” of an Offer is Not Acceptance, It’s Rejection

    Property Sales: “Conditional Acceptance” of an Offer is Not Acceptance, It’s Rejection

    “The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may be a counter–offer.” (Extract from judgment below) A good offer comes in for your...

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  • When is Resignation a Constructive Dismissal?

    When is Resignation a Constructive Dismissal?

    “…the prospect of continued employment must be shown to have been objectively intolerable and the employee must have resigned due to the intolerable situation and not for another reason.” (Extract...

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  • Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?

    Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?

    “MTl’s business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme, i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors and generating returns for earlier investors with...

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  • Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator

    Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator

    How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged transfer duty and tax tables, with a note on fiscal drag...

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  • Effective 1 March 2024: New National Minimum Wage

    Effective 1 March 2024: New National Minimum Wage

    The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8.5% from R25-42 to R27-58. Domestic Workers: Assuming a work month of 21 days x 8 hours per...

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  • A note from our director

    A note from our director

    A Note from our Director The outlook for the South African property market for 2024 remains optimistic – this is driven by several key factors. One stand-out factor is that interest rates are...

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  • Why Buyers Should Ask for Building Plans (and Why Sellers Should Supply Them)

    Why Buyers Should Ask for Building Plans (and Why Sellers Should Supply Them)

    “No person shall without the prior approval in writing of the local authority in question, erect any building in respect of which plans and specifications are to be drawn and submitted in terms of...

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  • A Valentine’s Day Thought for Life Partners: What is a “Universal Partnership”?

    A Valentine’s Day Thought for Life Partners: What is a “Universal Partnership”?

    “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce” (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic relationship. They’re a lot less exciting than the traditional...

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  • You Can (and Should) Both Discipline and Prosecute Thieving Employees

    You Can (and Should) Both Discipline and Prosecute Thieving Employees

    “It’s the profile of the most trusted individual, in a position of trust, like an accountant or bookkeeper. They usually never take leave, and someone who never allows anyone access to their...

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  • “Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Loadshedding”. Can a Landlord Do That?

    “Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Loadshedding”. Can a Landlord Do That?

    Loadshedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative power source – such as a generator – it is essential for...

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  • Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?

    Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?

    “A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage”. (Hesiod, poet of Ancient Greece) Your neighbour’s business is driving you to distraction. Perhaps it’s loud all-night...

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  • Estate Planning: Remember your Pets!

    Estate Planning: Remember your Pets!

    “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” (Mahatma Gandhi) For many of us our pets are a central part of our lives, our much loved “fur...

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  • Now Creditors Can Apply for Directors to be Declared Delinquent – Why is That Important?

    Now Creditors Can Apply for Directors to be Declared Delinquent – Why is That Important?

    “He who is quick to borrow is slow to pay” (Old proverb) A recent High Court decision means that, for the first time, creditors of debtor companies are specifically cleared to apply for the...

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  • Moonlighting Without Consent is Misconduct – A Firing Offence

    Moonlighting Without Consent is Misconduct – A Firing Offence

    “…moonlighting as a matter of principle is unacceptable…” (extract from judgment) Up to a quarter of all middle-class South Africans are reported to “moonlight”, that is to run a part-time side...

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