Commercial Litigation
Directors: Here’s How to Avoid Being Sued for Company Debts
Perhaps you’re a director losing sleep over the risk of losing everything if creditors sue you personally for your company’s debts because you’re asset-rich, and they can’t squeeze anything out of the company. Or maybe you worry about the company itself suing you for losses it suffers because of something you have or haven’t done.…
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Moonlighting Without Consent is Misconduct – A Firing Offence
Up to a quarter of all middle-class South Africans are reported to “moonlight”, that is to run a part-time side hustle or side business in addition to their full-time jobs. Some, it seems, go one step further and manage to hold down two full-time jobs simultaneously. No doubt the pandemic-accelerated increase in remote working has…
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Now Creditors Can Apply for Directors to be Declared Delinquent – Why is That Important?
A recent High Court decision means that, for the first time, creditors of debtor companies are specifically cleared to apply for the company’s directors to be declared “delinquent” in certain circumstances. And that has significant implications for both directors and creditors. For directors – major long-term career risks Company directors need to manage a whole…
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Can Your Thumbs-Up Emoji or E-Signature Seal a Deal?
ECTA (the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act) means that you can in many cases create legally binding agreements purely electronically – via email, WhatsApp, social media and the like. There is of course both risk and opportunity here. On the one hand, the old hassles of printing everything out and signing reams and reams of…
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Your New House Leaks Like a Sieve – Can You Sue the Seller?
You move into your new dream home, excited and happy. Until it rains, and the roof leaks. As the repair teams tramp around on your roof and the bills start piling up whilst you weave around buckets and tarpaulins and sodden carpets, you go back to the seller and demand recompense. “Sorry”, says the seller,…
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Dual Citizens: Good News if You Lost Your South African Citizenship, But…
Note: Many South Africans who should be aware of this new development will be overseas and/or may not have heard of the Supreme Court of Appeal decision we discuss below. If you know of any such person, please consider forwarding this to them as soon as possible. Reportedly, thousands of South Africans have lost their…
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Effective 1 March 2023: New Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage
Employers and employees need to keep an eye on the annual increases in both the National Minimum Wage and the Earnings Threshold, summarised below for your convenience. Both are effective from 1 March 2023. The National Minimum Wage increase The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased by 9.6% from…
Read More Installing Home Solar – How to Comply with the Regulatory Requirements
Eskom’s no-end-in-sight loadshedding, rising electricity costs, South Africa’s abundance of sunshine, and the global move to sustainable energy solutions have all contributed to the current boom in home solar photovoltaic (PV) roof installations. They don’t come cheap, but quite apart from the direct practical and financial benefits of going as much off-grid as possible, you…
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Litigation Litigation Conradie Inc. has a well-established litigation department and handles a wide variety of litigation across the Western Cape. The Department provides the following services: Civil litigation in the High Court and Magistrates Court Appeal procedures in the High Court and Appeal Court Divorce, custody and maintenance matters Obtaining of interdicts and restraining orders…
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Commercial Litigation As said on our Mediation page, after violence, litigation is the most unsatisfactory method of resolving disputes. It generally takes long, is expensive, destroys relationships and creates uncertainty and anxiety. That is why we advise that before a client commences with commercial litigation, mediation is first considered. However, when mediation fails or is…
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