by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Employment, Equity, Labour
In the recent judgment by our Constitutional Court, the court was called on to decide whether one employee’s reference to another as “swart man” was racist and derogatory. In making its determination, the sentiments of the late former President Nelson Mandela was...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Consumer, Law, Legal Update, Smoking
You are correct in that a new draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery System Bill, 2018 (“Bill”) was published for comment in May of this year. The Bill has received mixed reviews with many of its provisions being flagged as...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Commercial, Company, Corporate, Investment, Tax
A venture capital company or “VCC”, although receiving market interest of late, is not a new thing and was introduced in 2009 as section 12J of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 (the “Act”). The VCC forms part of Government’s philosophy of expanding economic growth...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Investment, Property
Buying property, whether for personal use or investment or business purposes, remains a stressful exercise. Often, as probably in your case, a person feels they wish to share some of the responsibility and financial exposure with another person and then partner up to...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Arrest, Court, Criminal, Litigation
Prescription in the general legal sense speaks to the time in which one can claim from another for a specific debt, and if not done, that claim can prescribe (fall away). Generally for civil claims, a well-known period of 3 years applies. But does criminal law have...
