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The entry into force of the protocol to the double tax agreement between South Africa and Kuwait means tax free cross border dividends are no longer possible.

On 1 February 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour published draft regulations on the proposed sectorial numerical targets for public comment.

Nominee directors are a central feature of the private equity, venture capital and hedge fund landscapes: where an investor acquires a significant percentage of a company, it typically seeks...

Can employers use information from their employees’ "Facebook" pages in managing the employment relationship?

Closing conditions are a key element of every M&A transaction that does not close upon signing. A "Time is of the Essence" clause (ToE clause) is a common contractual clause that triggers an immediate termination right where a contractual...

"Hell or High Water" clauses are a type of effort undertaking unique to M&A. Most often tied to obtaining competition approval, they typically involve more onerous obligations than other efforts undertakings common in M&A...

Yesterday (December 7, 2012), Canada’s Industry Minister announced that he had approved, under the Investment Canada Act, the proposed acquisitions by CNOOC, a Chinese stated-owned enterprise ("SOE") of Nexen, an oil and gas company with significant oil sands assets, and Petronas, a Malaysian SOE of Progress Energy, a natural gas producer.

On May 28, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published Joint Staff Notice 23-308, which provides an excellent summary of the comments of various marketplaces, dealers and buy-side representatives expressed during the CSA-IIROC joint forum held in Toronto on March 23, 2010, to discuss the Consultation Paper 23-404 "Dark Pools, Dark Orders, and Other Developments in Market Structure in Canada".

The Superior Court recently authorized a class action in a case that could have a major impact on the way deficits in defined benefit pension plans are dealt with in the context of corporate reorganizations[1].

On May 2, 2012, the B.C. Minister of Labour introduced amendments to Bill 14 – 2011 Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 2011 ("Bill 14").

When the employment relationship becomes impossible to perform because of a factor outside of the control of the employer or the employee, the employee’s employment can be terminated by virtue of frustration of contact.

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice in R. v. Corporation (City of Guelph) has said they may begin to run at different times for different entities.

The Supreme Court of Canada made it clear in its 2008 decision in Honda Canada v. Keays that punitive damages awards in wrongful dismissal cases are available only in exceptional circumstances.

In "Wronko", the Ontario Court of Appeal determined that an employee was not bound by two years’ notice of a fundamental change to his terms of employment.

Your employees have access to all kinds of sensitive company information. But what can you do if they leave and use that information to unfairly compete against your company?

In Lameman v. Alberta, 2013 ABCA 148, the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Crown in Right of Alberta ("Alberta") and the Attorney General of Canada ("Canada") from a decision of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench refusing to strike portions of the Statement of Claim of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation ("BLCN").

The past few years have seen a global surge in extractive activity and deal making in the mining space powered primarily by a strong Asian appetite for base and precious metals.