Life Partnership and Inheritance – Know your Rights!
For many years it has become common practice for many heterosexual South African couples to live together for a significant period of time as married couples would without actually getting married legally. This type of relationship is known as a life partnership, and...
“I did not read the Contract Properly” – Caveat Subscriptor
“I did not read the contract properly.” – barely a week passes before we hear these words from clients again. The Caveat Subscriptor principal is a Latin term loosely translated: “let the signer beware.” In Burger v Central South African...
The Three “V’s” Of Contracts
Whether it be entering into a contract or simply trying to enforce contractual terms, contracting parties are often faced with terminology and phrases that they have not been faced with before and the consequences of which they may not fully appreciate. As a rule of...
The “Bad Apple” Director ….. How to Step Back in Line or Say Your Goodbyes
Unfortunately, the “bad apple” director is not as fictitious a person as many companies would like to think. Let me clarify… A director who fails to comply with certain standards, or fails to honour certain agreements, has, in my view, deviated from what is reasonably...
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