by Sean Slabber | 14 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Earlier this month, the Competition Commission approved Vodacom’s decision to acquire Neotel for R 7 billion. The result :Neotel will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of, and under the control of Vodacom. The Commission found that the merger is likely to...
by Sean Slabber | 10 Jul, 2015 | Insights
“The avoidance of taxes is the only pursuit that still carries any reward” – John Maynard Keynes (1883 – 1946) This significant new publication in the already crowded tax–commentary sphere comprehensively examines tax avoidance schemes employed by South African...
by Sean Slabber | 9 Jul, 2015 | Insights
Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd took the government and the Eastern Cape Liquor Board to Court to challenge the constitutionality of the provisions of the ‘new’ Eastern Cape Liquor Act, introduced in 2004. According to the Act, commercial trading licenses which allow the...
by Sean Slabber | 9 Jul, 2015 | Insights
An Eastern Cape farmer and his legal team have deployed an unusual strategy to defend an action for repayment of a loan instituted by Standard Bank. Davenport, the farmer in question, has placed a securitisation audit before the Grahamstown High Court which aims to...
by Sean Slabber | 3 Jul, 2015 | Insights
The Constitutional Court has confirmed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) that the act of adultery by a third party lacks wrongfulness for the purposes of a damages claim, in particular that of loss of companionship of the spouse. The husband instituted...
by Sean Slabber | 30 Jun, 2015 | Insights
“Marriage,n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.” – Devil’s Dictionary (1911) by Ambrose Bierce (796 pages) Juta & Co Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za This comprehensive new...
