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Contested Will Set Aside for Fraud and Undue Influence

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Donovan Avenant
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Nicole Padayachee
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Executive Pay: No place left to hide for executive directors of non-listed public companies.

The recent coming into effect of new sections 30A and 30B of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 (Companies Act), together with the concurrent amendments to section 30(4), marks a significant shift in the regulation of executive remuneration.

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Courtroom Access, Competence and the Constitution

An attorney may spend years preparing High Court litigation, consulting with clients, drafting pleadings, briefing counsel, managing strategy and understanding every factual detail of a dispute.

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When Section 11 Consent Becomes an Administrative Justice Issue

In mining transactions, section 11 consent under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act is often treated as a regulatory step that must be worked through before a transaction can be completed.

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Can an Oral Agreement to Sell Residential Property be Enforced?

A sale of land must be in writing and signed by the parties or by their authorised agents.

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A Constitutional Court Recalibration of South Africa’s GAAR

The Constitutional Court’s judgment in Absa Bank Ltd and Another v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service is one of the most significant South African tax decisions in recent years, particularly in relation to the interpretation and operation of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (“GAAR”) in Part IIA of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 (“the Act”).

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Striking a Delicate Balance: Mining Rights versus Communal Land Rights

In South Africa, property rights occupy a particularly important place in our constitutional order.

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