by Sean Slabber | 28 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Peter Watts, Bob Groeneveld and Louis Rood represented Fairbridges Wertheim Becker at the TerraLex Global Meeting in Munich, Germany in June2015,joining almost 300 delegates and guests from over 60 countries and 110 member firms. TerraLex is one of the largest...
by Sean Slabber | 24 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Louis Rood, represented Fairbridges Wertheim Becker to receive the PMR.africa Diamond Arrow Award 2015 awarded to our firm, as first overall winner among law firms in the City of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula Regional Survey. This is based on a random, regional sample...
by Sean Slabber | 23 Jul, 2015 | Insights
While the initial proposal and expectation in regards to estate duty was that it be removed from our current tax system, the Davis Tax Committee has recommended in its recent interim report on estate duty, that it be retained, subject to a few changes. The focus was...
by Sean Slabber | 22 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Unfortunately, civil disputes are a fact of daily life; accounts are left unpaid; reckless drivers smash into parked cars and neighbours are forced to cut down thorn bushes that have encroached upon their lovely lawns. What is perhaps more unfortunate is the cost of...
by Sean Slabber | 21 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Representatives of Financial Service Providers (FSPs) render financial services to clients for or on behalf of a FSP. This may involve selling financial products such as insurance policies and unit trusts to the public. According to the legislation governing FSPs...
by Sean Slabber | 20 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Judgment was handed down by Judge Desai, last Wednesday, in the Western Cape High Court, in favour of a group of consumers, joined and represented by the University of Stellenbosch’s Legal Aid Clinic, where deductions from those consumers’ salaries were found to be...