New draft tax and finance regulations have been included in recent South African legislation by President Cyril Ramaphosa. These new regulations include several new administrative and technical issues which need to be taken into consideration by taxpayers. In terms of...

Background: Agreements often include clauses which provide benefits in favour of third parties and in some cases impose obligations on parties who are not signatories to the agreements in question. These clauses are commonly referred to as stipulatio alteri. This...

Background: When entering into a contract it is important to consider how the parties can go about terminating such contract. It is commonly known that a contract can provide for termination in the event of a breach. It is also possible however, to provide for...

Most people have heard about the WhatsApp controversy regarding its new privacy policy. According to social media posts that circulated at the beginning of 2021, a new revised WhatsApp privacy policy was going to enable WhatsApp to access all of your private data...

“My business has suffered a data breach following a successful phishing scam which one of our employees reacted to and so enabled the hacker to gain access and obtain client and business data. We have tried to do what we can to manage the breach, but are unclear about...

“I’ve grown up signing our business contracts with pen on paper. With Covid however, most of my suppliers send me their agreements electronically which I sign by adding a copy of my signature digitally or, in some cases using specific software through which I then add...

Mauritius has long been valued as a jurisdiction with an efficient and effective regulatory framework and a diversified economy focused on the industrial, financial, and tourism sectors. Annual growth has averaged 5-6% over the past 10 years. The country is ranked...

“One of the residents of the sectional title scheme I live in, constantly parks his vehicle in the parking bays designated for visitors. This is frustrating as there is limited visitors parking and often visitors are forced to park outside the scheme which is...

In November 2013, the employee was charged with: Being absent for 17 days between 30 August and 5 November; Breaching the employer’s policy by failing to inform his manager of his absence; Insolence towards a superior; and Insubordination in that he refused to attend...

Wikipedia’s definition of mediation is “a structured, interactive process where an impartial third-party assists disputing parties in resolving conflict through the use of specialised communication and negotiation techniques”. Mediation, when utilised in law, is a...