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Website of the Month: Don’t Stress this Silly Season!

Employers: Don’t Miss Your Employment Equity Report Deadline!

A “Running Down” Damages Claim – Elite Athlete v Happy Snapper

Generational Wealth Planning - To Your Children and Beyond!

Selling Property this Festive Season: The Tax Angle

Website of the Month: Turn Customer Complaints into Compliments with the HEART System

If the Municipality Rejects Your Building Plans, Consider PAJA

Your Employee Reaches Retirement Age and Wants to Keep Working – What Should You Do?

It’s Wedding Season – Three Questions to Ask Before You Marry

Bond Clauses: Beware the Deadlines!

Website of the Month: Four Key Areas in Your Strategic Planning

Dismissed for Criticising a Mine’s “No High Heels in the Workplace” Rule

Creditors: How to Secure Your Claim with a Notarial Bond

Why You Should Sign a Power of Attorney Before You Emigrate or Travel

Building in Security Estates: The ‘Persuasive Sting’ of Penalty Levies

Website of the Month: Seven Steps to Becoming a Successful Landlord

It’s Not Simple to Sell a House in Execution (Even if a Trust Owns It)

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s Off to Court We Go – But What are the Costs of Suing?

Owning Property Jointly – The Rewards, The Risks, and The Remedy

Your Will Can’t Wait: The Tragic Case of a Mother Who Took Too Long

Website of the Month: Solar Power and the Insurance Risk

Fired for Off-Duty CBD Oil Use and Cannabis Smoking

The Trouble with Family Loans: A R540,000 Lesson

Directors – When Are They Personally Liable?

12 Questions to Ask Before You Sign That Deed of Sale

Website of the Month: Don’t Let Hybrid Work Break Your Company Culture!

Verbal Agreements – Not Much Good, But Lots of Bad and Ugly

Bodies Corporate: Forcing Access to Units, and Round Robin Resolutions

Trusts on Divorce: Are You Stuck with an Ex-Spouse as Trustee?

Buying and Selling Property: Who Pays What Costs?

Website of the Month: Are Your Passwords in the Green?

Tax Freedom Day 2022: The Day We Stopped Working for Government

New Ruling on Divorce Assets: How Does it Affect You?

Landlords: Zoning Law Contravention Could Invalidate Your Lease

The “Great Resignation” is Upon Us – Know the Law!

Website of the Month: 3 Things the Most Productive People Do Every Day

Beware The Badly Worded Bond Clause!

Don’t Just Leave Your Loved Ones Assets – Leave Them a Legacy!

Workplace Harassment: The New Code in a Nutshell

Property Owners: Your Rates Could Quadruple for Unauthorised Land Use

Your Website of the Month: The 9 Key Points of Making a Difficult Decision

What Can You Do When Someone Close to You Has No Control Over Their Spending?

Exemption Clauses and Thieving Employees: Can You Sue (or Be Sued)?

Don’t Accidentally Disqualify Your Chosen Heirs from Inheriting!

Property Owner and Body Corporate Liable After Child’s Electrocution?

Your Website of the Month: How to Avoid Falling Victim to a “Tinder Swindler”

Debtor Not Paying? Consider a Liquidation Application

Effective 1 March 2022: New Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage

Fired For Moonlighting

3 Steps to Buying Your First House

Website of the Month: The Mental Battle of Running a Small Business in Lockdown Level 3

POPIA’s Deadline is 30 June 2021 – Ignore the “Fake Headlines” But Start Planning!

Our Brave New World: Using Zoom for Retrenchment Consultations

Directors and Business Rescue in the Time of COVID-19

Electronic Signatures in Property and Other Transactions

Websites of the Month: Why and How to Encourage Whistleblowing in Your Workplace

Property Subsidence: New Law, Strict Liability and Ubuntu

Lockdown Admission of Guilt Fines – The Criminal Record Risk

The Pandemic and Business Interruption Cover – Can You Claim?

Property: Green Shoots, Agent’s Commission and Fidelity Fund Certificates

Website of the Month: Protecting Yourself from SIM-swap Fraud

Options to Renew Leases – Risks for Landlords and Tenants

Buying a Business? Make Sure the Seller Publishes Notice of the Sale

Directors, Trustees: Can You Hold Your AGMs and General Meetings on Zoom?

Property: Don’t Pay Double Commission!

Website of the Month: Don’t Lose Your House Because of a Lockdown Layoff!

Friends and Lovers: Before You Lend Out Your Car...

Home Businesses - Is Yours Legal?

Landlords and Tenants: Alert Level 1 and the New Eviction Rules

Is Your Will Valid?

Website of the Month: Looking Good on Zoom

Collecting Maintenance in Hard Times – Threaten Jail Time

POPIA: A Practical 4-Step Action Plan for your Business

Does Your Dog Bite? Your (Substantial) Risk Remains

Parking Bay Disputes – Enforcing Complex Rules

Your Festive Season Websites: Safe Holidays, Dodging the Dangers, and Now For Something Completely Different!

Cannabis in the Workplace: Can You Dismiss?

Grandparents – When Must You Pay Maintenance?

What Must You Prove to Remove a Trustee?

Before You Buy or Sell Property this Festive Season…

Your Website of the Month: Starting a Business in 2021

Life Partners – You Still Need a Will and a Cohabitation Agreement!

Don’t Fall Victim to a Ponzi Scheme in 2021!

Workplace Bullying - Can You Claim Constructive Dismissal?

Building a Home in 2021: The Dangers of Not Being NHBRC Compliant

Your Website of the Month: A Month-by-Month Personal Financial Planner for 2021

Suing a Debtor – Make Sure Your Victory Isn’t a Hollow One

Be Prepared for The Cost of Dying

Buying a Property: Check the Seller’s Marital Status!

Arrest and a Criminal Record for Not Wearing a Mask

Your Website of the Month: From Scenarios to Strategy – Use Business “Wind Tunneling”

New National Minimum Wage and Earnings Thresholds From 1 March 2021

Landlords: Can You Cut Electricity to Collect Arrears or Evict?

Can Employees Resign to Dodge Disciplinary Hearings?

Buying and Selling Property: Nine Important Questions

Your Website of the Month: Train Your Brain to Unlock Creativity and Innovation

Domestic Workers and Employers: The New Injury and Illness Cover Explained

When Company Directors and Shareholders Come to Blows….

Can an Employee Who Refuses Vaccination be Fired?

Who Gets the House on Divorce?

Your Website of the Month: Protecting Yourself and Your Business in Flu Season 2021

Extended: The Rights of Grieving Parents to Choose Burial After Pregnancy Loss

Companies: Are Restraints of Trade Valid in a Time of Covid?

Employers: Beware the “Casual Worker” Myth!

Landlord Liable for a Tragic “Freak” Flood Drowning

Your Website of the Month: Teamwork Tips from My Octopus Teacher

Can You Change Your Marital Regime After Marriage?

Dismissed: The Butcher Who Went to Work With COVID-19

When Bond Clauses Sink Sales

11 POPIA Questions to Ask Yourself Before 30 June 2021

Your Website of the Month: How to Plan and Hold Virtual Board Meetings

Bodies Corporate: Before You Sequestrate to Recover Arrears…

R4m Damages for a Workplace Sexual Assault

Spousal Maintenance After Divorce and the “Clean Break” Principle

Buying Property from a Company – Should You Buy the Shares or the House?

Your Websites of the Month: Measure and Maximise Your Business Creativity

Directors, Creditors - Do Personal Suretyships Survive Business Rescue?

Noisy Neighbours – Your Rights, and Buyers Beware!

Violence and Looting – Can You Sue SAPS?

Employee Looting and Strike Violence: When Is Dismissal Fair?

Your Website of the Month: Start a New Business Fast and Lean

Don’t Risk Consequential “Loss of Profits” Damages: Check Your Contracts and Insurance!

A Million Rand Warning: Act When Employees Reach Retirement Age

Eviction Refused – Landowners, Unlawful Occupiers and the “Just and Equitable” Test

Estate Planning and Wills: A Checklist to Protect Your Family

Your Website of the Month: The Best Age to Launch a Successful Startup Is…

What SARS Says About Crypto Assets and Tax

Employers - Walking the “Compulsory Covid-19 Jab” Tightrope

South Africans - Don’t Lose Your Own Citizenship When You Apply for Another!

Property Sellers: Why, How and When to Choose Your Own Conveyancer

Your Website of the Month: New – How to Renew Your Car Licence Disc Online

Unmarried Parents: A New ‘Notice of Birth’ Ruling for Fathers, with 3 Surname Choices

Exemption Clauses in Contracts – Fine Print Can Void Them

Fired for a Racist Facebook Post

Community Scheme Disputes and the Ombud’s Powers to Resolve Them

Thank you for your support in 2021

Your Website of the Month: How to Find and Remove Spyware from Your Cellphone

PAIA Manuals and the 31 December 2021 Deadline: Crying Wolf Again, or Real This Time?

Don’t Let Delays in the Master’s Office Leave Your Family in Financial Distress

When Can a Shop Be Sued for Damages If a Customer Falls?

Selling Your Home: How to be Lucky this Holiday Season

Happy New Year

Your Website of the Month: How to Cope with Pandemic Stress as A Small Business Owner

A Victim of Sexual Harassment Must Report It “Immediately”

Divorce: Claiming Interim Maintenance and a Contribution to Legal Costs

Directors at War: Terminating Email Access

Can Your Tenant Claim a Lockdown Rental Remission?

Your Website of the Month: How to Smash Your Goals in 2022 (Even If It Is Already February)

Budget 2022: The Minister of Finance Wants to Hear from You!

Using the New Cybercrimes Act to Protect Yourself

When Does Attendance at a Rugby Match Trigger a Dismissal from Employment?

Why Life Partners Still Need Cohabitation Agreements and Wills

How the Property Practitioners Act Affects You as a Property Seller, Buyer, Landlord or Tenant from 1 February

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