Smartphones, tablets, mobile devices. They are the future of the Internet, and the exponential growth in the number of businesses and individuals using them means that – very shortly – that future will be here. You need to be part
LANDLORDS – CHECK YOUR SURETYSHIPS!
If your tenant is a corporate in financial distress and you find yourself calling up the director’s suretyship, you could be in for a nasty shock if the suretyship isn’t absolutely clear on exactly what the surety is liable for.
YOUR WILL: COULD IT FOMENT A FAMILY FIGHT?
Your loved ones are going to have enough on their plates when you die without also having to worry about finances, or fighting with each other over your worldly goods. Here’s what you need to do right now to avoid
LEARNER DRIVERS – TOUGH REGULATIONS LOOM
If you don’t yet have a driver’s licence (and if you do, pass this warning on to any friends or family without one), apply as soon as you can. Proposed new Road Traffic Regulations – which could be implemented any
DEBT COLLECTION ALERT! NEW NOTICE DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS
Credit Providers: Before you can sue on any credit agreement, you must “deliver” to the consumer a National Credit Act notice of default. There are several ways to accomplish “delivery”, and registered post is often chosen for its convenience and
PROPERTY OWNERS: ARE “OWN RISK” DISCLAIMERS STILL VALID?
Property owners: If you own a property – particularly one “designed for use by the public” (think guest houses, B&Bs, hotels, shopping malls, etc) make sure that you have in place proper disclaimer notices and exemption clauses. Without them, visitors
YOUR SALE AGREEMENT
A purchaser or seller’s failure to comply with the many formal requirements relating to agreements for the sale of immovable property will render such agreements invalid! This is equally true when the agreement appears to be enforceable on the face
PAYING IN ADVANCE: THE PERILS
Be very careful indeed when a supplier requires you to make an advance payment, in part or full, for goods or services yet to be supplied. Firstly, you damage your negotiating position should disputes arise. The old adage “Possession is
PREGNANT, UNMARRIED – AND DISMISSED
“There are 368 000 women between the ages of 15 and 21 with a baby under the age of two. 88% of them are single. (AMPS 2011)” – Eighty20’s Fact-a-Day at http://www.eighty20.co.za/blog/. Dismissal of an employee for any reason relating
DIRECTOR OR EMPLOYEE? APPLY THE “REALITY TEST”
Are directors employees? The question is an important one because our labour laws, particularly the Labour Relations Act, provide substantial protection only for “employees”. Now our courts have held that directors are to be regarded as employees “in appropriate circumstances”,