By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner and Kyle Venter, Candidate Attorney Introduction Are we in hot water?  The image that immediately springs to mind is that of a lobster being so slowly boiled alive that it doesn’t realise what’s happening. Amidst the never-ending Eskom debacle of spiralling tariffs, load shedding and tales of corruption our Legislature has
SUMMARY The Appellant, Roazar CC (“Roazar”), sought an order on appeal evicting the Respondent, the Falls Supermarket CC (“The Falls”), from a shopping centre owned by Roazar at which The Falls had been conducting a business known as “The Spar”. On 2 February 2016, The Falls wrote to Roazar stating it wished to renew the
  By Anja van Wijk, Senior Associate, and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction This article deals with the 7 most common mistakes made in cancelling an occupant’s right to reside on the property.   Cancelling the Occupant’s right The Constitution[1] provides that no one may be evicted from their home without a court order authorizing the
SUMMARY The following case discusses an Appeal before the Takeover Special Committee, with regards to a long running dispute between companies Aton GmbH and Aton Austria Holding GmbH (“Aton”), as well as the Board of Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd (hereafter “M&R”). According to section 119 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (hereafter “Companies
By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner and Anja van Wijk, Senior Associate   Introduction This article is one in a series on expropriation and looks at some of the fundamental legal issues surrounding expropriation without compensation (“EWC”). This article examines the content and potential legal impact of the newly published Expropriation Bill.   What is the Expropriation