by Sean Slabber | 28 Jan, 2016 | Insights
Secondments are where an employer temporarily ‘loans’ its employee to another company, the host. The consensus is that the employee will go back to the employer after completion of its agreed term with the host. The host is generally in another country, which may give...
by Sean Slabber | 27 Jan, 2016 | Insights
According to the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, builders are required to rectify ‘major structural defects’ that occur in houses that they have built within at least five years from the date that the housing consumer takes occupation, despite...
by Sean Slabber | 26 Jan, 2016 | Insights
In the recent case of Fairhaven Country Estate (Pty) Ltd v Harris and Another 2015 (5) SA 540 (WCC) the Western Cape High Court decided that a domain name registrant does not have the exclusive right to the name. The facts of the case were essentially that there was...
by Sean Slabber | 25 Jan, 2016 | Insights
David Short served on the bench of the Labour Court as an acting judge in the earlier part of January this year. This is the second time David has been invited to act as a judge in the Labour Court, and he presided over various matters, including review applications....
by Sean Slabber | 21 Jan, 2016 | Insights
The Road Accident Fund was established in 1996 to provide compensation to all road users within South Africa who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents as a result of another’s negligent driving. The Fund compensates victims involved in motor vehicle...
by Sean Slabber | 20 Jan, 2016 | Insights
Guidelines on the assessment of public interest provisions in merger regulation under the Competition Act 89 of 1998 published 22 December 2015. “these guidelines seek to provide guidance on the Commission’s approach to analysing mergers by indicating the approach...
