24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s 'an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can...

'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...

'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each 'ordinary hour worked' has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8,5% from R25,42 to R27,58....

'The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may be a counter–offer.'...

How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged...

'It's the profile of the most trusted individual, in a position of trust, like an accountant or bookkeeper. They usually never take...

Load-shedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative...

'Marriage is the chief cause of divorce' (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic...

'…moonlighting as a matter of principle is unacceptable...' (extract from judgment) Up to a quarter of all middle-class South Africans...

'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' (Mahatma Gandhi) For many of us our...

'A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.' (Hesiod, poet of Ancient Greece) Your neighbour’s business...

'The crux of the case is about unequal treatment of persons.' (Extract from judgment below) The recent High Court judgment which declared...

'It’s the most wonderful time of the year!' (Songwriters Pola & Wyle) As the end of another year approaches, with its family celebrations...

'If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree.' (Jim Rohn) It’s that time of year again – summer sunshine, happy...

Media reports of the recent Constitutional Court decision holding a section of the Divorce Act unconstitutional and giving Parliament 24...

'Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien' (Sting’s ‘Englishman in New York’) South Africa is attractive to overseas property buyers with our...

'The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.' (Old proverb) You buy a 'pre-loved' vehicle which turns out to be a complete dud....

'Caveat subscriptor'– old legal maxim meaning 'Let the signer beware!' A recent High Court decision once again highlights the dangers of...

'Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.' (Ambrose Bierce) It may well be that in the future, we will be able...