Law DotNews

Property Developers Beware: Deemed Accruals Can Seriously Disrupt Your Cash Flow

Property, Tax /

“Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the lifeblood of business” (Richard Branson) A recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment has confirmed that when a property developer enters into an agreement with a buyer to transfer the property, even if the developer only actually gets paid in a subsequent tax year,

Property Developers Beware: Deemed Accruals Can Seriously Disrupt Your Cash Flow Read More »

Your Website of the Month: “Ready, Steady, Loadshed!”

Business, General Interest, Website of the Month /

Media reports suggest that loadshedding is likely to be with us for some time yet, and whether you happen to be at work or at home when one of the dreaded blackouts strikes, there’s nothing worse than being caught off guard.  Avoid unpleasant surprises by knowing exactly when your area will go down. At least

Your Website of the Month: “Ready, Steady, Loadshed!” Read More »

loans 650

Lending to a Friend or Selling Property on Credit – Must You Register as a Credit Provider?

Business, Debt Recovery, Property /

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses both itself and friend” (Shakespeare)   It seems logical that the very strong consumer protections in the NCA (National Credit Act) are designed for commercial situations in which credit is advanced by “credit provider” businesses to “credit consumers”. But does the NCA also apply

Lending to a Friend or Selling Property on Credit – Must You Register as a Credit Provider? Read More »

Reporting Crime and the Defamation Danger: Lessons from the Workplace

Criminal Law / Crime, Delict and Civil Claims, Employment and Labour Law, Litigation /

Believing someone to be guilty of a crime you call the police and have the suspect arrested, only to have the charges dropped. Can you be sued for defamation? A recent High Court case provides some answers.   A fraudulent iPad order, an arrest and a R1.6m claim A government employee was, at the instigation

Reporting Crime and the Defamation Danger: Lessons from the Workplace Read More »

firearmlicences 650

Firearm Owners: What to Do if Your Licence Has Expired

Criminal Law / Crime, General Interest /

“… this is a matter of national security and… something of the order of 450,000 gun owners with their expired licences form part of this equation… in a country riddled with crime…” (Extracts from judgment below) Possession of an unlicensed firearm is, for good reason, a serious offence carrying heavy penalties, and law abiding citizens

Firearm Owners: What to Do if Your Licence Has Expired Read More »

family opening christmas presents at home together

Websites of the Month: The Existential Dread of Gift Giving, and Science to the Rescue!

Business, General Interest, Website of the Month /

“Every holiday season, as we drive ourselves crazy at the mall or shopping online, soaked in the existential dread that comes from trying to find gifts our loved ones might appreciate, I think of the great writer and social critic James Baldwin, who wrote: ‘If the hope of giving/is to love the living,/the giver risks

Websites of the Month: The Existential Dread of Gift Giving, and Science to the Rescue! Read More »

geschäftsmann mit leeren taschen

When is a Debtor “Insolvent”? A Case of Arrear Maintenance Illustrates

Debt Recovery, Family Law, Insolvency / Liquidation /

“To my mind the best proof of solvency is that a man should pay his debts” (quoted in the judgment below) If you are owed maintenance you have a variety of enforcement options open to you and should ask your lawyer for advice on which is the best for your particular claim and circumstances. A

When is a Debtor “Insolvent”? A Case of Arrear Maintenance Illustrates Read More »

Request Appointment
Request Appointment