by Sean Slabber | 19 Jul, 2022 | Insights
The recent judgment in Bwanya v Master of the High Court and Others brought into sharp focus how several of our Laws around ownership and inheritance in the “Common Law Spouse” arena are either too broad or not quite specific enough to protect each party...
by Sean Slabber | 25 May, 2022 | Insights
Partner, Lucinda Verster, has been selected by Global Law Experts as the exclusive attorney they recommend for Competition Law litigation in South Africa (https://bit.ly/LVerster). GLE, whose accreditation process is by invitation only, is a worldwide...
by Sean Slabber | 11 Mar, 2022 | Insights
Fairbridges Wertheim Becker was pleased to host a cocktail event for clients and colleagues on Thursday 10 March and officially unveil their new office premises at 2 Pybus Road in Sandton. Judge K Satchwell was the guest speaker and addressed those in attendance on...
by Sean Slabber | 28 Feb, 2022 | Insights
South Africa’s ongoing struggle for a reliable energy source: nuclear v renewable energy A month after suspending Peter Becker from the Board of the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday 25 February...
by Sean Slabber | 31 Jan, 2022 | Insights
Section 45 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act”) is headed “Loans or Other Financial Assistance to Directors”. Despite the misleading heading of this section, it creates not only a mechanism for the provision of financial assistance by a...
by Sean Slabber | 28 Jan, 2022 | Insights
The Competition Commission (“the Commission”) has recently prohibited the acquisition of Sasol’s sodium cyanide business by Draslovka South Africa (Pty) Limited (“Draslovka South Africa”), a subsidiary of the Czech Draslovka Holding a.s. It was intended that Draslovka...
