by VDT Attorneys | Nov 9, 2018 | Commercial, Compliance, Consumer, Information, Privacy
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) aims to protect your constitutional right to privacy by ensuring that your personal information is processed in a manner that ensures its confidentiality and that your privacy is respected. Although the...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 9, 2018 | Boedelbeplanning, Commercial, Death, Deceased Estate, Will
Your friend is correct to say that the nomination of your executor is an important aspect of your will. Your executor is nominated in your will and upon your death, he or she will administer and distribute your estate in accordance with your testamentary wishes....
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 10, 2018 | Business, Commercial, Company, Compliance, Corporate, Data Protection, Information and data protection, POPI, Privacy
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/21/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-users-profit] It seems like the more selfies, intimate family pictures, personal movements and travels, dietary activities and opinions we share with the entire world, the more we...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 4, 2018 | Commercial, Company, Corporate, Director
A company is a reliable and well known vehicle to use for a business. That said, many company directors are not always aware of the nature and scope of their duties as directors and their liability should these duties not be complied with. A director of a company is a...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 10, 2018 | Commercial, Company, Financial
To answer your question, one must look at what the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“Companies Act“) determines in respect of auditing and accounting requirements for a private company like yours. Unlike the previous Companies Act of 1973 which required all companies to be...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 8, 2018 | Child, Commercial, Estate Planning, Family, Trust
In South African law one must distinguish between two general types of trusts, namely a testamentary trust (established in your will) and an inter vivos trust, established in terms of a trust deed. The latter type includes your family trust. Both types of trust do not...
