Deathly negligence and jail time for doctors, engineers and directors

A gynaecologist, practising in Witbank, recently received a five-year direct imprisonment sentence for negligently causing the death of a woman in labour. The sentence may seem too harsh for a first offender but the conviction was based on multiple counts of negligence…

Provided By Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

by Pieter Conradie

Obstruction through construction – A commuter’s nightmare

How many times have you sat in traffic with no end in sight, only to discover that the hold-up was caused by a property developer...

by Lennard Cowan and Nastassya Naude

Obstruction through construction – A commuter’s nightmare

Unfinished business: What to do when construction halts due to a contractor’s liquidation

The past year has been challenging for South Africa’s construction industry, with some of the country’s best-known construction companies facing business rescue or liquidation. The...

by Diana Burger

Unfinished business: What to do when construction halts due to a contractor’s liquidation

Demand Guarantees in the Construction Industry

A comparative legal study of their use and abuse from a South African, English and German perspective Independent guarantees, payable on demand (so-called demand guarantees) are the preferred security instruments in complex construction and infrastructure…

Provided By Juta

Finsen’s The Building Contract: A Commentary on the JBCC Agreements

About this publication: The first edition of The Building Contract by the late Eyvind Finsen was published in 1999 and followed on the 1991 publication of...

by Juta

Zimbabwe signs MOU with Chinese investors for ‘Disneyland in Africa’

The tourism minister says the project could push Victoria Falls’ revenue to USD 5 billion by 2020. The Zimbabwean government has signed a memorandum of understanding...

by Lex Africa

Is there still place for fixed-term contracts in the construction industry?

Can a construction contractor automatically terminate its employees’ contracts when skills are no longer required for a construction project? This question was at the centre...

by St Elmo Wilken and Ricardo Pillay

Is there still place for fixed-term contracts in the construction industry?

Bowmans moves the Gautrain forward

A team of specialist litigation and corporate lawyers at Bowmans South Africa has been involved in one of the largest, if not the largest, commercial...

by Bowmans

Revised Construction Sector Code deconstructed

The DTI issued the draft Amended Construction Sector Code for public comment (Revised Construction Sector Code) on 28 October 2016. The purpose of the Revised...

by Lauren Wilson and Verushca Pillay

Inland and coastal refineries and the cost of transporting oil – Transnet v Total

The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) case of Transnet v Total is important not only for those in the petroleum industry, but also, more generally, when...

by Lloyd Christie

Inland and coastal refineries and the cost of transporting oil – Transnet v Total

The case of the unconditional guarantee that wasn’t

When the wording of a construction-related guarantee is ambiguous, the intention of the parties involved is key in determining its true nature. This was highlighted...

by Armando Aguiar

The case of the unconditional guarantee that wasn’t

The duty to disclose business rescue proceedings

On 14 April 2016, the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) in the matter of Umso Construction Proprietary Limited (“Umso”) v MEC for Roads and Public...

by Karabo Motshwane and Eric Levenstein

The duty to disclose business rescue proceedings

New Partner In Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Corporate And Commercial Practice

Leading corporate law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr welcomes Luntu Sebatane as a new partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice. She comes with solid legal experience,...

by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Special Economic Zones – An efficient instrument to increase industrialisation

Special Economic Zones (“SEZs”) are geographically designated areas within a country that are set aside for specifically targeted economic activities, supported through special arrangements (that...

by Wil Huang

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