#BestofBiz 2020: Legal

We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2020 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Legal site over the past year below.

14 Dec 2020

Our most-read stories

1	SA lockdown - Assisting small businesses and employees through tax system - Jana Botha	24 Mar 2020
2	The consequences of spreading fake news about Covid-19 - Veronica Vurgarellis & Tiro Moticoe	01 Apr 2020
3	All regional courts to adjudicate civil disputes	02 Dec 2020
4	Performing an essential service requires a permit	27 Mar 2020
5	TERS to be extended until end of National State of Disaster - Joon Chong and Shane Johnson	15 Sep 2020
6	TERS payments are exempt from PAYE - Graeme Palmer	25 May 2020
7	Covid-19 Level 1 update on SA travel regulations - Ahlisha Yesmariam	06 Oct 2020
8	Compensation for catching Covid-19 at work: new COIDA directive - Kate Collier, Shane Johnson, Mbali Nkosi, and Tsholofelo Mofokeng	06 Aug 2020
9	New Labour Court decision on constructive dismissal sets high standard for intolerability - Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Nivaani Moodley and Shane Johnson	16 Oct 2020
10	Public Procurement Bill aims to simplify processes - Imraan Mahomed, Veronica Vurgarellis, Vaughn Harrison and Yuri Tangur	19 May 2020
11	You may retrench employees if they unreasonably refuse to accept changes to employment contracts	28 Oct 2020
12	Cape Town attorney sentenced for R24m RAF fraud	01 Dec 2020
13	Covid-19: Lawyers urge justice minister to re-open more courts - Tania Broughton	17 Apr 2020
14	Who assumes responsibility for a child at school? - Adrian Chester	28 Feb 2020
15	Jogging or walking a dog in a complex - Hopewell Sathekge	06 Apr 2020
16	Can foreigners own property in South Africa?	17 Sep 2020
17	Companies prepare for the CIPC's new compliance checklist - Madelein Burger, Elodie Maume, Cindy Leibowitz, and Marina Hodgkinson	19 Feb 2020
18	Essential services businesses need new certificate	17 Apr 2020
19	Q&A - pressing issues employers are addressing in light of the coronavirus outbreak - Johan Botes	19 Mar 2020
20	Coronavirus, contracts and force majeure - Liz Pinnock	12 Mar 2020

Our most-read contributors

1	Johan Botes
2	Graeme Palmer
3	Joon Chong
4	Ezra Pillay
5	Rishal Bipraj
6	Burton Phillips

Our most-viewed press offices

1	Europlaw
2	LexisNexis
3	Adams & Adams

Our most-read new appointments

1	Webber Wentzel recruits Lionel Egypt as partner	06 Feb 2020
2	ENSafrica appoints two new tax specialists	05 Mar 2020
3	Carl Stein joins Fluxmans Attorneys	04 Jun 2020
4	Julian Jones, Khurshid Fazel join Webber Wentzel	06 May 2020
5	Denny da Silva joins Baker McKenzie Johannesburg	04 May 2020
6	Norton Rose Fulbright SA promotes six associates	06 Aug 2020
7	Bowmans strengthens banking, finance team with Mark Kyle appointment	07 Oct 2020
8	Cox Yeats Joburg office makes four new appointments	29 Sep 2020
9	Richard Krumholz appointed to lead Norton Rose Fulbright's disputes practice group	18 Nov 2020
10	Charles de Wet to head ENSafrica's VAT division	23 Oct 2020