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May 09
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Confusion follows apex court decision on tender regulations: what BEE principles will apply in government procurement?

By Charmaine Koppehel | Administrative Law

The judgment was confusing enough, especially as it won the barest majority in the Constitutional Court and overturned what had come to seem a central tenet of South African government…

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Apr 04
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dismissed over side business

Employee dismissed for not disclosing side business

By Charmaine Koppehel | Employment and Labour Law, Litigation

The labour appeal court has upheld the dismissal of a woman, employed by a meat-products company to sell their products, but who ran her own sideline business selling similar goods…

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Mar 11
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What happens when a security company fails to protect it’s client?

By Charmaine Koppehel | Litigation

The private security industry in South Africa is one of the largest in the world, with 2021 year-end figures showing more than 2.4m registered security officers countrywide and almost 11,400…

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Mar 03
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Signing affidavits virtually.

Solemnly Swearing Virtually: The Legal Position in Respect of Commissioning Affidavits Virtually

By Charmaine Koppehel | Litigation

It cannot be disputed that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has pressurised the legal profession to re-examine and reimagine certain legal positions. With the discovery of the new Covid-19 variant once…

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Mar 03
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Virtual signatures

To use an electronic signature or not to use an electronic signature, that is the question

By Charmaine Koppehel | Litigation

It cannot be disputed that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has pressurised the legal fraternity to re-examine and reimagine certain legal positions. With the everchanging social climate that accompanies the new…

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Feb 25
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Life partnership afforded legal protection by the Constitutional Court

By Charmaine Koppehel | Family Law, Litigation

  It would be hard to over-estimate the significance of a new Constitutional Court judgment for the more than 3 million people in South Africa who live together without being…

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Feb 16
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Maintenance claims last for 30 years

Supreme Court of Appeal rules that maintenance claims are valid for 30 years

By Charmaine Koppehel | Family Law

Maintenance defaulters – all too often they are dads who ignore court orders to pay support for their children and their divorced wives – should be shivering in their sneakers…

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Dec 10
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Sectional title law and unpaid levies

Sectional title owners beware of defaulting with your levies

By Charmaine Koppehel | Property Litigation

No matter how tough times are, don’t even think about not paying the levies due on a sectional title development. A new high court decision makes it clear that even…

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Nov 03
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Con court ruling on adopted children inheriting

Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling on adopted children inheriting from a trust

By Charmaine Koppehel | Trusts and Estates

When Dulcie Harper launched legal action to ensure her two adopted children would inherit from their grandfather’s trust just like his other grandchildren, very few lawyers would have put money…

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