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When a corporation is registered, an individualistic entity separate from that of its shareholders is created.

The decision in Roestorf NO v Johns 2013 (2) SA 459 concerned a company that carried on business in the motorcycle industry and had since gone into liquidation.

The day you win is rarely the day anything moves. A judge signs an order; your inbox fills with congratulations; and the person who lost simply… goes quiet

A new corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud' came into effect in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2025. The new offence is found in section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, 2023 ("ECCTA").

In November 2025, the British Broadcasting Corporation ("BBC") found itself at the epicentre of a global media storm. The scandal, which culminated in the resignation of Director-General...

Transformation of the legal profession is not only an economic and moral imperative but the maintenance of the rule of law is dependent on transforming the legal profession. Currently a little over a quarter of the country’s attorneys are black, even though approximately 88% of South Africa’s population is black.

For international oil companies ("IOCs") to develop oil and gas fields sizable funding is required, however, there has been a noticeable trend by some financial institutions...

Banks designated as systemically important financial institutions ("SIFIs") by the South African Reserve Bank ("Reserve Bank") and their holding companies will be required to meet minimum...

In its typical form, a so-called "loop structure" arises where a South African exchange control resident (individual or company)

When it comes to corporate insolvency, few provisions have sparked as much legal and constitutional debate as Section 417 read with Section 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973.

We don't get to discuss know-how much in our articles. Yet it is, of course, something that falls squarely within the domain of intellectual property law because know-how is often protected by patents.

An interesting article in The Wall Street Journal covers a study by Professor Siew Hong Teoh, professor of accounting at UCLA Anderson School of Management, which presents some great news...

On the 26th of April 2023, the world celebrated World Intellectual Property Day.

Share block schemes have been around since the 1950’s. It wasn’t, however, until the Share Blocks Control Act, 1980 was passed that theses schemes were specifically regulated.

The national lockdown in South Africa has left many companies financially distressed and unable to meet their contractual obligations.

"You may be thinking: but my company isn't a software company. That may be the case, but the current business environment requires all leaders to view their companies as software businesses...