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The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ("CCMA") has jurisdiction to hear certain employment disputes where the employee involved works outside of South Africa.

On 12 September 2019, the South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) announced the conclusion of its investigations into Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. (Steinhoff).

A recent judgment from the Supreme Court of Appeal has provided important clarification on the application of prescription in the context of misappropriation of funds within a close corporation.

The Prescription Act provides that the basic period of prescription shall be 30 years in respect of ‘any judgement debt’ and 3 years for ‘any other debt’. The Act further provides that ‘prescription shall commence to run afresh on the day on which the judgment of the court becomes executable’.

In a landmark ruling, the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered the provincial Department of Health to immediately provide treatment to patients on a long-standing backlog list of cancer...

Since the promulgation of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014, on 22 September 2014, legal practitioners waited for the day that the Minister of Justice would promulgate the hours for community service. That day came on 3 May 2022, eight years later.

Freedom of expression and hate speech must be considered against the background and the diversity of the population of a specific country, culture, historical background and history in general.

A recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal, Timasani (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue) and Another v Afrimat Iron Ore (Pty) Ltd [SCA case number 91/2020] has given some much needed guidance...

In Kyaninga Royal Cottages Ltd v Kyaninga Lodge ("the Lodge"), the Lodge filed suit to protect its use of the name "Kyaninga" and the phrase "Kyaninga elegance at its peak".

The patentability of genetic material has again come into the spotlight with the recent high court decision in Australia in the Myriad Genetics Inc. v D'Arcy case...

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a number of trade mark judgments late last year.

Patent protection of living organisms, or substances derived from them, has long been a locus of confusion and controversy in law. Recently, however,

As attorneys, we are approached by clients regularly with various issues and disputes.

In Macbeth Attorneys Inc v South African Forestry Company SOC Ltd ("SAF") and Others, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal ("the SCA") provided clarity about whether...

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal ("the SCA"), in Tosholo v Road Accident Fund, clarified the position regarding the effect of a settlement agreement on ongoing litigation.

The construction industry increasingly relies on adjudication as a fast and cost-effective way to resolve disputes under complex infrastructure contracts.

On January 24, 2025, the Pretoria High Court declared six regulations governing the SRD grant unconstitutional and invalid.