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Aug 2010- Property Owners: Manage Your Risk Of Personal Injury Claims
July 2010 - Baby Boomers 65 Soon: Avoid Age Discrimination!
With the first wave of Baby Boomers turning 65 next year, employers and their employees need to understand the rules relating to compulsory retirement age. In a nutshell, forcing someone to retire at 65 could - unless our labour laws are strictly complied with - amount to automatically unfair discrimination on the grounds of age...
June 2010 - Levy And Rental Defaulters: They Can Run, But
Two recent High Court decisions hold good news for bodies corporate and landlords - defaulting sectional title owners and tenants cannot hide behind the debtor protection provisions of the National Credit Act. In summary, the NCA debt counselling process, with its inherent delays and risks for the creditor, does not afford p...
May 2010 - Estate Agents: Protect Your Commission
Estate agents need to take heed of a recent High Court case in which an agent's commission claim was rejected on two grounds. An agent ("W") had initially introduced a buyer to a seller's property at a show house, but the buyer was - although keen to offer - at that time unable to do so (a) because the price was too high and...
April 2010 - Directors, Reckless Trading: 'Honest Belief' Irrelevant
One of the nightmare scenarios facing any company director is being held personally liable for the debts of his/her company. Commonly, a creditor of the company (or the liquidator thereof acting for the general body of creditors) claims from the director personally on the basis that he/she was party to "fraudulent or reckless...