by VDT Attorneys | Jan 12, 2015 | Property
Municipalities are obliged to collect charges that are payable to them for property rates and taxes and for the provision of municipal services. If you buy a house, the relevant municipality will – after the Seller has settled the required amount – issue a...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2014 | Property
On 1 August 2014, the Minister of Environmental Affairs published the Alien and Invasive Species Regulations (“the Regulations”) which came into effect on the 1st of October 2014 in a bid to curb the negative effects of IAPs. The Regulations call on land owners and...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2014 | Property
To start with, tenants may now ask for written receipts for all payments made, which include dates, a description of the property to which they relate and details of the purpose for which payments were made eg. rental payments, arrears, deposits etc, as well as for...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2014 | Corporate
Insider trading can be defined as ‘the illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange to one’s own advantage through having access to confidential or non-public information about a company.’ In addition to financial data, inside information may include...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2014 | Employment
However, to date, domestic workers employed in a private household have been expressly excluded from the scope of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, better known as COIDA. But this may be about to change. In terms of COIDA, employees and...
