NAME AND SHAME
Social media is vastly accessible. A post typed out on one’s phone in a moment can be immediately available to countless users around the globe. When one has been bitten by a bad
16 January 2017 No Comments
Tips & Updates
Having one’s cake and eating it too: can you sell your business for a profit and still keep your clients?
Business magazines trumpet the glory of establishing a business from scratch then selling it at a massive profit. Mr C did just that. However his success story did not have a happy ending, when an
30 September 2016 No Comments
“Don’t let your last will become your lost will” – the SA Registry of Wills and Testaments
Young working people increasingly regard having a last will and testament as part and parcel of being a responsible young adult. It is often marriage or another permanent relationship, or the conception or birth
24 August 2016 No Comments
Unhappy families: 10 farms, 2 brothers and no trust
Mr RG senior was a successful farmer in his lifetime. Before his death in 2007, he transferred 9 farms into trusts, on the advice of his accountant son, RG junior. A 10th farm
13 June 2016 No Comments
Stigmatisation of mental illness in the workplace: a cautionary tale
In the recent judgment of EWN v Pharmaco Distribution (Pty) Ltd, the Labour Court ruled on the case of an aggrieved employee, EWN, after her dismissal from employment as a pharmaceutical sales representative. The
6 May 2016 No Comments
Exiting the exit agreement: a departing employee’s claims of coercion and duress
It happens with some regularity that an employee refers a dismissal dispute to the CCMA, and the employer arrives at the hearing bearing a termination agreement with the employee’s signature. In it, the employee agrees to
1 April 2016 No Comments