by Sean Slabber | 17 Dec, 2015 | Insights
According to the Companies Act, when a company is undergoing business rescue proceedings no legal proceeding against the company may be commenced or proceeded with in any forum except with the written consent of the business rescue practitioner. The Act does not...
by Sean Slabber | 16 Dec, 2015 | Insights
According to Section 99 of the Act, further assessments by SARS were limited to a period of three years after issuance of its first assessment, and five years after the date of a taxpayer’s self-assessment; a so-called prescription period for SARS assessments....
by Sean Slabber | 15 Dec, 2015 | Insights
Section 51 of the Promotion of Access To Information Act 2 Of 2000 (“PAIA”) states that every “private body” must submit to the South African Human Rights Commission (“SAHRC”) a manual aimed at facilitating requests for information...
by Sean Slabber | 14 Dec, 2015 | Insights
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently received a complaint from Société JAS Hennessy & Co (“Hennessy”) against a television commercial for Jameson Select Reserve whiskey. Hennessy claimed that the Jameson advertisement had copied its original...
by Sean Slabber | 11 Dec, 2015 | Insights
And on a humorous note – Turkey: A Doctor has been criminally charged insulting the State President. The Doctor was dismissed from his position at Turkey’s public health service in October after sharing images comparing Erdoğan’s facial expressions to those of...
by Sean Slabber | 9 Dec, 2015 | Insights
The background is this: A company had dismissed its striking (protesting) workers following an unprotected strike in 2003. After a long drawn out battle of referrals from one court to the next between 2007 and 2009, a ruling was confirmed that the dismissed employees...
