Since 2014, this auction has raised over 17 million rand for charity. This year, on the 12th and 13th of February, at Klein Constantia, "forty coveted auction lots have been allocated, including...

The European Parliament implemented Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424 amending the Community trade mark regulation on 15 December 2015, which will enter into force on 23 March 2016. Thereafter, the...

Congratulations to Daniel Hart, Palesa Mohale and Inge Surtie, who were admitted as attorneys of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division, on 5 February 2016. Daniel Hart and Palesa...

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal conditionally approves of the merger between SABMiller Plc, Gutsche Family Investments (Pty) Ltd and The Coca Cola Company....

Fairbridges Wertheim Becker is the exclusive South African member of Terralex, a global network of independent law firms with leading member firms spread over 155 jurisdictions worldwide. We are...

Tomorrow will see crowds returning to the Kenilworth Racecourse for the 39th annual J&B Met. The theme this year is “A Rare Blend” and it promises to be as spectacular as ever with R2.5m up for...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

This week Fairbridges Wertheim Becker welcomes Zamuxolo Gulwa (UWC), Felicia Hlophe (UCT) and Camilla Salmon (UCT), the new candidate attorneys in the Cape Town office, and Keorapetse Matlala...

Insurance contracts are contracts of the utmost good faith.  This means that the insured has a duty to disclose to the insurer all material facts and circumstances of which the insured has actual or...

This New York Times article evaluates a proposition that lawyers will be one of the first white collar professions to be made redundant with the rise of artificial intelligence and increased...

There have been a few international Courts dealing with this issue and South Africa's first case on the subject was heard at the end of 2014. The result has in all likelihood directly affected how...

FWB Attorneys wishes all our clients, colleagues, friends and followers a peaceful and joyous festive season and a prosperous New Year. We sincerely appreciate your support and comments and look...

The concept of dies non is defined as a day on which no legal business can be done, or which does not count for legal purposes. What this means is that certain legal documents may not be delivered...

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...

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...

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...

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...