by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Employee, Employment law, POPI, POPI Act, POPIA
Remote work has most certainly become an increasingly common phenomenon thanks largely also to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to enable staff to work remotely without much thought always to the concomitant security issues relating to such...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Company, Employee, Employer, Employment, Employment law, Labour, Privacy
CCTV monitoring is a useful tool for improving security and identifying misconduct in the workplace. However, the ability of an employer to monitor employee conduct via such a tool is not unfettered, and an employer should take heed of the following aspects before...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Family, Family Law, Maintenance, Sequestration
Where an ex-spouse is in arrears with maintenance, the first step would usually be to enforce the maintenance agreement / order via the courts. However, should the spouse not have an income or ability to pay or physical assets that can be executed against, our courts...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Business, Company, Corporate, Shareholder
It is common practice for shareholders to appoint a proxy to represent them when they, as shareholders, are not available, able or inclined to attend a shareholders’ meeting themselves. On receiving notice of a shareholders meeting, a shareholder can then decide how...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 12, 2021 | Estate Agent, Property, Residential
Commission is only payable to an estate agent if they were the effective cause of the sale. This will need to be determined with reference to a number of factors, including the mandate given to the estate agent. A mandate is an instruction by the seller to an agent...
