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|  | [Bridget King and Raaziq Ismail] Though full implementation of Basel III is not due until 1 January 2018, South African banks are under pressure to conform to the new standards and should already have started reporting on how they are positioned for compliance... read
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 | Lana Jacobs Parties to a shipping agreement, such as a contract of carriage or charter, should pay very careful attention to the wording of the mediation clause included in the shipping contract, if they agree that they wish to refer any future or existing disputes to mediation... read | | |
 | Sipelelo Lityi and Stephanie Gonclaves In G4S Cash Solutions SA v Motor Transport Workers Union and Others, the employer required its employees to work on Sundays and on public holidays. The employees refused to do so because they were not given an increase in the remuneration for work on those days... read | | |
 | As administrators of the trust property, it is extremely important that the trustees work together and act in the best interest of beneficiaries... read | |  | Chantelle Gladwin and Gary Boruchowitz Section 102 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 prescribes that a municipality is entitled to consolidate the accounts of 'persons'... read | | |
 | Thabile Fuhrmann and Vincent Manko 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... read | | |
 | Ashley Pillay and Yana van Leeve When the Constitutional Court pronounces on the powers of school governing bodies, its decision is especially resonant and important to note, as only 4.1% of the country's 12.8 million learners are at independent schools, leaving the majority to deal with public schools or independent schools, receiving state subsidies... read | |  | African law students are changing the way we access data by leading efforts to disseminate Africa's mining legal frameworks through the AMLA project... read | | |
 | The Constitutional Court has dismissed a case between the SA Music Performance Association and six of the country's biggest retailers regarding needle-time royalties - meaning music royalty rates will remain the same for musicians... read | | |
 | Graeme Palmer SARS recently issued a new draft Interpretation Note 16 on the requirements to qualify for a tax exemption on foreign employment income... read | |
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