Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 14, 2021
Sadly, many businesses are currently considering whether business rescue might be a route they need to explore. The good news is that, as dire as it sounds, it can be a hugely positive experience – if done right, and by the right people. SATSA, the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 10, 2020
Proven best practice used to guide most decisions when drawing up legal contracts for events. Since COVID-19 spread to our shores, it has introduced a new set of criteria that has to be accommodated – while also introducing huge amounts of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 10, 2020
Certain provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2008 (‘POPI’ or ‘POPIA’) came into effect as far back as 11 April 2014. Then, in June of this year it was announced that the balance of requirements...
Louis Nel | Oct 27, 2020
Advocate Louis Nel A question that often arises is whether an exchange of e-mails constitutes an agreement. The answer is yes, but it is not ideal as the contractual requirement of ‘offer and acceptance’ must be met. This means that if...
Louis Nel | Sep 2, 2020
Q. I have a dispute with my client, who has made reference to a verbal promise or something that my sales person may have said. We have a written contract (Terms & Conditions, or T&C). Can such a verbal undertaking be enforced by this...