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Key proposed amendments to the Companies Act

by Guest Author | Jan 24, 2019 | Commercial law, News

The South African Companies Amendment Bill (“the Bill”) was published on 21 September 2018. This marks the first amendments to the Companies Act No 71 of 2008 (“Companies Act”), since it came into effect. Some of the proposed amendments will soften difficult...

Commercial Court re-established to speed up litigation

by Guest Author | Dec 12, 2018 | News

Recently the office of the Judge President of the Gauteng High Court division of South Africa released a Commercial Court Practice Directive which comes into effect immediately, creating a specialised Commercial Court administered as part of the High Court. The...

New Labour Laws Amendment Bill

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Nov 28, 2018 | News

South Africa has faced many challenges when it comes to Labour Law. However, this changed when the new Labour Laws Amendment Bill was signed into legislation on 23 November 2018. The breakthrough includes major amendments relating to parental leave and the minimum...

SchoemanLaw Internship Programme 2018

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Oct 26, 2018 | News

This October SchoemanLaw piloted our internship programme. The aim of the programme is to give dynamic, newly qualified attorneys the opportunity to gain practical experience in a reputable tech-enabled commercial law firm. Furthermore, to recruit the coming term’s...

Suretyship Agreements – What Are They?

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Sep 21, 2018 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Contract Drafting, News, Publications

A suretyship agreement is defined as an agreement in terms of which a third party, namely the surety, undertakes liability towards a creditor for the proper performance of a portion of or the entire obligation of a debtor. A valid principal obligation between the...

The Constitutional Court legalises the private use of marijuana

by Guest Author | Sep 21, 2018 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, News

The Constitutional Court handed down an unanimous judgment on 18 September 2018 that now makes it legal for adults to cultivate and smoke marijuana in the comfort of their own homes. This was greeted by much jubilation inside the Court Room as well as outside. Many...

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