Legal Trends 2020
The month of February is synonymous with romance and roses as Valentine's Day takes centre stage once again. Often, in this heady state of love and romance, newly engaged couples shy away from discussing how exactly their finances and assets will be managed to their detriment...
Nayna Cara 14 Feb 2020
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 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...
17 Dec 2019
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others...
Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019
Bizcommunity is excited to announce the relaunch of our Biz Product and Rate Card, featuring all-new product infographics, descriptors and more...
Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019
Members of the public have been urged to take advantage of the opportunity to have their wills drafted for free during National Wills Week...
17 Sep 2019
Having a will drafted is one of those burdensome administrative tasks that is easy to put off...
17 Sep 2019
The loss of a loved one due to a road accident is an enormously painful experience and if the person who died was the family's main breadwinner it can also result in financial difficulties for those left behind. However, South Africa's existing legal system takes this into account...
29 Jul 2019
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2018 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...
18 Dec 2018
A comprehensive B2B Recruitment Focus from December 2018 to February 2019 will ensure that Bizcommunity is the go-to destination for all the B2B news you'll need to plan your HR and recruitment strategies in 2019...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018
Feeling a bit state-capsized, swept along by more waves than a cryptocurrency chart? Here are some life-saving festive content ideas...
Bizcommunity.com 15 Oct 2018
As cryptocurrency is a relatively new kid on the block, so to speak, the full legal ramifications of what happens to it in the event of a death or divorce are still being explored...
15 Aug 2018
The complainant (name withheld to protect identity of a minor child) brought a complaint against the Mineworkers Provident Fund (respondent) over the non-payment of the death benefit, following the death of the respondent's member...
6 Jun 2017
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2016 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 portal over the past year below.
12 Dec 2016
In its second report on estate duty, the Davis Tax Committee makes recommendations regarding tax on estates and trusts, especially inter-spouse and primary abatements...
Graeme Palmer 27 Sep 2016
As has become tradition over the past few years, members of the public will be able to have a basic will drafted by an attorney, free of charge, during National Wills Week, held from 12 - 16 September 2016...
12 Sep 2016
Your last will and testament is the only valid and legally enforceable instruction left behind to express the wishes and estate division guidelines of a deceased. To ensure that the remaining family members and beneficiaries are not left in a perilous situation and that the wishes of the deceased are honoured, it is essential to avoid common pitfalls at drafting stage...
20 Jul 2016
In the recent case of Constantia Insurance Company Limited v Master of the High Court, Johannesburg, the High Court considered whether the provisions of the Insolvency Act, No 24 of 1936 permit the Master to consider liquidators' additional submissions in response to a creditor's substantiation of its claim...
Thabile Fuhrmann and Vincent Manko 27 Jun 2016
In an ever-evolving family trust landscape, complacency and inertia could spell disaster for the best-laid investment and estate planning strategy...
Jan Dawid Luttig, fiduciary specialist 3 May 2016
In the matter of Mahomed v Argus Provident Fund, the Pension Fund Adjudicator dealt with dissatisfaction with the allocation and distribution of a death benefit...
Zaaheda Mayet 5 Apr 2016
A new SARS Ruling, Binding Private Ruling 217 deals with the estate duty implications for non-resident individual investors - the key issue being how certain sections of the Estate Duty Act (EDA) would apply...
Heinrich Louw 28 Jan 2016
The First Interim Report on Estate Duty, released by the David Tax Committee in July 2015, called for industry comment. Andrew Moller, CEO of Citadel, made the following comments...
25 Nov 2015
