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Contracting with Trusts – Is a Majority Resolution Valid?
'Externally, trustees cannot disagree. In the external sphere the Trust functions by virtue of its resolutions, which have to be...
King-Essack & Associates
Jun 20, 20243 min read


Siblings Feuding Over a Business: Can You Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order?
'It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can...
King-Essack & Associates
Jun 13, 20243 min read


Cannabis Policies in the Workplace: A Delicate Balancing Act
Cannabis policies in the workplace: a delicate balancing act.
King-Essack & Associates
Jun 5, 20242 min read


Lending to a Friend or Relative – When Must You Register as a Credit Provider?
'In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.' (Unknown) Lending money to a friend or family member in need...
King-Essack & Associates
May 31, 20242 min read


Rising Damp and Failed Waterproofing: How to Sue the Sellers
'[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she has not bothered to...
King-Essack & Associates
May 24, 20243 min read


The Pothole Plague – Claiming Damages
'If cars are required to be roadworthy, shouldn’t roads be required to be car-worthy?' (Online meme) If you fall victim to a...
King-Essack & Associates
May 16, 20242 min read


In the Land of the Will, Clarity is King
When drawing up your will, remember that 'clarity is king'. It is critical that the wording of your will, be drawn professionally.
King-Essack & Associates
May 6, 20243 min read


Who Owns Your Employee’s Invention? Lessons from the 'Please Call Me' Saga
24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s 'an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can...
King-Essack & Associates
Apr 24, 20243 min read


When to Lawyer Up
'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...
King-Essack & Associates
Apr 11, 20243 min read


Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?
'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...
King-Essack & Associates
Apr 3, 20244 min read


Effective 1 March 2024: New National Minimum Wage
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....
King-Essack & Associates
Mar 20, 20241 min read


Property Sales: 'Conditional Acceptance' of an Offer is Not Acceptance, It’s Rejection
'The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may be a counter–offer.'...
King-Essack & Associates
Mar 13, 20243 min read


Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator
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...
King-Essack & Associates
Mar 8, 20242 min read


You Can (and Should) Both Discipline and Prosecute Thieving Employees
'It's the profile of the most trusted individual, in a position of trust, like an accountant or bookkeeper. They usually never take...
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 28, 20243 min read


'Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Load-shedding'. Can a Landlord Do That?
Load-shedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative...
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 22, 20242 min read


A Valentine’s Day Thought for Life Partners: What is a 'Universal Partnership'?
'Marriage is the chief cause of divorce' (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic...
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 13, 20244 min read


Moonlighting Without Consent is Misconduct – A Firing Offence
'…moonlighting as a matter of principle is unacceptable...' (extract from judgment) Up to a quarter of all middle-class South Africans...
King-Essack & Associates
Feb 7, 20244 min read


Estate Planning: Remember your Pets!
'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...
King-Essack & Associates
Jan 31, 20242 min read


Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?
'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...
King-Essack & Associates
Jan 24, 20243 min read


The New Law on Parental Leave – A Simple Summary for Employers and Employees
'The crux of the case is about unequal treatment of persons.' (Extract from judgment below) The recent High Court judgment which declared...
King-Essack & Associates
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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