The Labour Appeal Court (LAC) recently held that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has jurisdiction to hear employment disputes concerning employees who work outside...

The Department of Trade and Industry has clarified the position in regards to Sector Codes not aligned with the amended generic Codes of Good Practice. The Sector Charter Councils were called upon...

The sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will take place on the 4th – 5th of December 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg under the theme, "Africa-China Progressing...

Although adultery is no longer a criminal offence, the Constitutional Court (CC) recently had to decide whether someone whose spouse commits adultery has a delictual right to claim damages against...

Judge Coppin has handed down an important judgment regarding the prescription of arbitration awards issued by the CCMA and Bargaining Councils. Prescription is the expiration of the right to enforce...

In 2007, the Department of Trade and Industry approached the Competition Commission to investigate the pricing practices in the South African chemicals section. The Commission then raised a...

It is common place for a company to outsource and pay an outsider, such as a branding agency, to create its logo. However, who is then the owner of the copyright in the logo? Typically it is only...

There has been a call for comment, by 30 November 2015, on the draft B-BBEE verification manual.  This manual is to be used by all verification agencies when issuing B-BBEE Certificates. It states...

FWB's affiliate network Terralex has produced, with the assistance of its European member firms, a document which outlines the principal characteristics of corporate structures within European Union...

The draft Carbon Tax Bill has been released for public comment. The introduction of a carbon tax aims to alter producer and consumer behaviour by punishing polluters to protect the planet. According...

A trade mark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of them, that identifies and distinguishes the source of a trade mark from that of another, providing the owner with exclusive...

REFORM OF CUSTOMARY MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND SUCCESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA By Chuma Himonga and Elena Moore (392 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "I was married to my husband for many...

A Pick n Pay Employee has been dismissed for “stealing” smart shopper points. The Employee, who was a cashier, devised a plan to accumulate smart shopper points fast. Each time a customer came to...

If judgment has been granted against a debtor (a company, an individual), let's call it a hypothetical XCo, in the Magistrate's Court, the judgment may be rescinded once XCo has paid the debt and...

The Harvard Law School Library has one of the most extensive collections of legal texts in the world. The Library recently announced that it plans to scan almost every volume in its shelves and...

The District Court of Western Australia ruled in favour of Ms Massy, a woman who had posted a review of an accountant on the UK Immigrants Group Facebook Page.  She called the accountant...

For many years South African courts have emphasized the importance of marriage as a social institution and valued the rights and obligations that flow from it. One of the most important obligations...

The Rule of Law as a fundamental principle of our constitutional state is only a reality if crime, irregularities or transgressions are detected, investigated, and the perpetrators identified and...

It has been said that Halloween’s origins date back to the Ancient Celtic Festival of Samhain. What is now more of an American tradition, originated from the Celts, who lived in and around what is...

"Earlier this year, the Durban High Court discussed the meaning of the words "company to be formed" in a sale agreement. Three businessmen decided to purchase immovable property which would...

The 22nd annual Africa Oil Week kicks off today in Cape Town. The weeklong conference boasts a 100 speaker line-up from Governments, leading companies, and key players inside Africa’s oil and gas...