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Confidentiality and privacy in arbitration proceedings
he South African International Arbitration Act 15 of 2017, provides for confidentiality of arbitration proceedings. In contrast thereto, the domestic Arbitration Act 42 of 1965, contains no reference to the pri
12 March, 2024
Blacklisting, Credit Scores and negative information on your credit profiles
“Blacklisting, poor credit ratings, poor credit score, judgements, defaults, notices and adverse listings, adverse information and payment profile listings’ all terms that refer to information contained in indi
28 February, 2024
MAKATE’S COURT VICTORY AGAINST VODACOM IS ALSO A VICTORY FOR LITIGATION FUNDING
Vodacom eventually offered the Please Call Me inventor R47m; his legal team said R28bn would be more appropriate. The telco has now been given 30 days to make a better offer. Vodacom’s long losing streak in the
10 February, 2024
BUSINESS RESCUE & LIQUIDATION OF COMPANIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS As mentioned above, Liquidation can take two avenues, the following highlights the two processes. Voluntary Liquidation: For a company to be voluntarily wound up, section 80 of the Compa
13 July, 2020
THE OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL – DID THE COURT OR THE MEDIA GET IT WRONG?
In the early morning of Thursday 14 February 2013, Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius at his Pretoria home. The Paralympian acknowledged that he shot Steenkamp, but said that he mistook her
03 March, 2015
RECKLESS CREDIT – WHEN YOUR DEBT IS YOUR CREDITOR’S FAULT
Credit Providers use alluring tactics to convince consumers to obtain credit. In some instance the sales person is more focused on their sales target than your actual financial circumstances. This becomes a dan
23 October, 2014
