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Benefits of a Shareholders Agreement

Shareholders Agreements can regulate the following matters to provide for contractual certainty betw...
What makes a Contract Void in South African Contract Law?

Firstly, we consider the distinction between a contract which is void ab initio meaning that there w...
Requirements for a Valid Contract

South African Contract Law The following will be considered in terms of South African Contract Law t...
South African Contract law

Proof of Contract South African contract law is “essentially a modernized version of the Roman...
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND THE LAW

WHAT IS CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION? For legal purposes, confidential information is informa...
Corporate Governance & the King IV Code

The Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, chaired by Adrian Cadbury, describes...
Contractual Damages in South African Law

Legal Principles impacting Contractual Damages The well-known principle in the legal profession prov...
Prior Authorisation
Section 57 and 58 of the Protection of Personal Information, 2013 (“POPIA”)

Prior Authorisation Section 57 and 58 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“PO...
Companies Act 71 of 2008 and Shareholders Resolutions

Management of the Affairs of a Company Subsection 66(1) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the ...
Company Law in South Africa & Corporate Governance of Companies

The commencement of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act”) in May 2011 saw the introdu...
Restraints of Trade South African Law

What is a restraint of trade?A restraint of trade is a contractual arrangement whereby one party see...
Contract Law in South Africa & Practicing as a Contract Law Attorney

In modern Roman-Dutch law of South Africa a contract may be defined as: An Agreement, (arising eithe...