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Should you sign surety? Think carefully!

The concept of surety can be daunting and misunderstood. This often results in serious consequences if a party is ill-informed. Therefore, a person signing as surety needs to understand what he/she will be committing to and what he/she will be liable for should the…

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by Salome Hamman

Extension of powers of liquidators

In Massyn v De Villiers NO and Others [2021] 3 All SA 578 (WCC), establishing an inquiry by liquidators into the affairs of a company in terms of s 417 of the Companies Act, is if deemed fit, acceptable and necessary for winding-up the affairs of the company and distributing…

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by Merilyn Kader

The interplay between company name reservations, trade mark registrations and defensive company name registrations

More often than not, business owners do not attend to a trade mark availability search before they register their company name at the Companies and...

by Sonica Wilken

Microsoft vs You First Mobile: Security for costs under the South African Patents Act and compelling discovery of foreign search reports

You First Mobile (Pty) Ltd instituted an action against Microsoft (Pty) Ltd for infringement of its South African patent. Microsoft in turn brought an interlocutory...

by Danie Dohmen