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Benefits of a Shareholders Agreement
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Shareholders Agreements can regulate the following matters to provide for contractual certainty betw...
What makes a Contract Void in South African Contract Law?
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Firstly, we consider the distinction between a contract which is void ab initio meaning that there w...
Requirements for a Valid Contract
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South African Contract Law The following will be considered in terms of South African Contract Law t...
South African Contract law
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Proof of Contract South African contract law is “essentially a modernized version of the Roman...
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND THE LAW
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WHAT IS CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION? For legal purposes, confidential information is informa...
Corporate Governance & the King IV Code
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The Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, chaired by Adrian Cadbury, describes...
Contractual Damages in South African Law
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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”)
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Prior Authorisation Section 57 and 58 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“PO...
Companies Act 71 of 2008 and Shareholders Resolutions
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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
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The commencement of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act”) in May 2011 saw the introdu...
Restraints of Trade South African Law
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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
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In modern Roman-Dutch law of South Africa a contract may be defined as: An Agreement, (arising eithe...