Going out on your own – Part Two
Starting your own firm
The little bird has taken flight and has started to spread its wings.
But now what?
Where to little bird?
Last week we discussed the basics of starting your own law firm in Going out on your own – Part One, specifically regarding the mandatory legal…
Topics: Running Your Practice
Fluxmans Attorneys Can money in your account be taken by your bank or used by you when the bank knows it belongs to someone else?
In the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal in FirstRand Bank Limited v The Spar Group Limited (1334/2019) handed down earlier this year, the Court answered two important and interrelated questions.
Firstly, can a bank set off what the customer owes it against …
Topics: Banking & Finance Law | Dispute Resolution
Is it fair discrimination to exclude unvaccinated people?
The Bill of Rights provides that everyone is equal before the law and that this equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms.
The Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, announced on 2 September 2021 that the government hoped to put into place …
Angola ratifies the ICSID Convention – Good news for inbound foreign investment
On 1 September 2021, Angola’s National Assembly ratified the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (“ICSID Convention”). The only remaining step is the ratification of the ICSID Convention…
Topics: Banking & Finance Law | Dispute Resolution
Costs to budget for when buying property
You have finally identified your dream home and want to put pen to paper and sign the sale agreement. Subsequently you will probably approach a bank for a loan to secure the purchase price or part thereof. Securing the purchase price, be it by way of a cash payment or …
Topics: Property Law
The jurisdiction of an adjudicator in a sectional title context
In the recent case, Prag N.O and Another v Trustees for the time being of the Mitchell’s Plain Industrial Enterprises Sectional Title Scheme Body Corporate and Others (A260/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 132 (16 July 2021), there was a statutory appeal in terms of the…
Topics: Dispute Resolution | Property Law
LexisNexis CEO recognised in 9th Gender Mainstreaming Awards
Videsha Proothveerajh, CEO and Chairperson of the Board of legal technology company, LexisNexis South Africa, was named runner-up in the Inclusive Leader: Large National / Pan African or Multinational Company category of the 9th Gender Mainstreaming Southern…
Revisiting blockchain and Intellectual Property
Previously we have discussed the rise of blockchain technology and how Intellectual Property (IP) could benefit from it. This article further looks at recent blockchain projects which have developed some interesting technologies that are attractive for IP.…
Topics: Intellectual Property Law
Liquor Products Amendment Act signed
President Ramaphosa has signed the Liquor Products Amendment Act.
Parliament passed the Liquor Products Amendment Bill and sent it to the president for assent in June 2021.
The bill was tabled in parliament in July 2016.
The national assembly passed the bill and …
Fluxmans Attorneys Successful judgment recently delivered by the High Court (Gauteng Local Division)
This was an application by Fluxmans’ clients in their capacities as trustees of the Knuttel Family Trust for the eviction of the first respondent, and through her, the second respondent and his family from a property belonging to the Trust in terms of the Prevention…
Topics: Property Law
