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Dismissed for refusing to dismiss The managing director of Petzetakis Africa (Pty) Ltd recently found herself in an unenviable position when she was instructed to summarily dismiss two employees... 23 May 2012
Security for costs – The Legislature removes a useful quiver from the defendant’s bow Section 13 of the 1973 Companies Act allowed a court to require a company litigating as claimant to provide security for the costs of the defendant... 23 May 2012
Phoenix's race against the weather It was a slow-moving first day for salvors working on the stricken tanker Phoenix, which lies beached on Sheffield Beach, north of Ballito. 29 July 2011
Public may fork out for ship aground South African taxpayers face having to foot a bill running into hundreds of millions of rand if efforts at refloating a tanker aground on the North Coast prove un... 28 July 2011
Salvage cost of stranded tanker soars Stormy seas could drive up the cost of salvaging the stranded MT Phoenix — an oil tanker which ran aground north of Durban on Tuesday — to R30m, the South African... 28 July 2011
Zuma 'is backing Walmart deal review' The controversial decision by three government departments to review the Competition Tribunal's decision of Walmart's R16.5-billion takeover of Massmart has the b... 24 July 2011
Realisation companies - considering a gain again The supreme court of appeal has revisited the question of the tax status of realisation companies. The revenue authorities have always viewed these companies with... 1 August 2011
Legal minds dissect the issue of transporters' liability and the CPA The question of transporters' liability has become a subject of some considerable debate in FTW and its electronic sister publication, FTW Online. 8 July 2011
Game-changing gas The early stages of the global shale gas revolution have deeply divided opinion. Environmentalists one side are fervently opposed to the fossil fuel, in particula... 1 June 2011
Constitutional Court's fearless ruling crucial The impact of the constitution has been to infuse the concept of Ubuntu into our legal system. 1 July 2011