Du Plooy IncJan 27, 20201 minAll Companies: Prepare for the Mandatory New CIPC Compliance ChecklistThe CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission) has announced that its new “compliance checklist” requirement, voluntary until ...
Du Plooy IncJan 27, 20202 minVisiting South Africa with Kids Just Became Easier – Here’s What You Need to Know“We're all going on a summer holiday…” (Cliff Richard) With the Festive Season (and our Summer Holidays!) well and truly upon us, you may...
Du Plooy IncNov 7, 20192 minIt Pays to Report Crime! First Offender’s 20 Years in Prison Confirmed for R4.9m Fraud“The scourge of white collar crime, especially fraud, is currently the order of the day in our country. Fraud is a cancer that is crippli...
Du Plooy IncNov 7, 20193 minEmployees on Probation: Can You Dismiss for Poor Performance?“… arbitrators should hesitate to interfere with employer’s decisions on whether probationary employees have attained the required perfor...
Du Plooy IncNov 7, 20194 minAbout To Marry? Don’t Forget Your ANC and the 3 Types of Marriage“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need” (P.G. Wodehouse) Wedding Season bei...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20193 minHow Courts Sort Fact from Fiction - A Tale of Jags, Deception and Damages“Truth will out” (Shakespeare) You are wondering whether you can win in court against an opponent where your two versions of what happene...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20192 minSecurity Complexes and Fibre – You Can Use Telkom Ducting After All“Reliable electronic communications go beyond just benefiting the commercial interest of licensees to the detriment of ownership of prope...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20193 minDementia and Incapacity: What is a Power of Attorney and is it Forever?“The number of cases of dementia is estimated to almost triple by 2050” (World Health Organisation) Although the actual prevalence per ca...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20193 minLandlord vs Tenant: When Can You Cut Electricity or Change the Locks?"Spoliation is the wrongful deprivation of another's right of possession. The aim of spoliation is to prevent self-help. It seeks to prev...
Du Plooy IncSep 4, 20192 minWhat is Poor Work Performance? A Case of Missed Sales Targets “…the employer has a duty to investigate all possible alternatives short of dismissal, and this duty accords with the onus of proving the...
Du Plooy IncSep 4, 20193 minYour Will: What You Can and Can’t Do “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it” (Anon) Your will (“Last Will and Testament”) is quite possibly the most important document you...
Du Plooy IncAug 7, 20193 minHow to Stop Vital Evidence Being Destroyed“Surprise the enemy” (Sun Tzu in ‘Art of War’) You suspect that someone you are suing (or about to sue) will destroy or hide vital eviden...
Du Plooy IncAug 7, 20193 minCan Your Bank Take Your Money Without Permission?Bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it” (Bob Hope) A recent High Court decision has settled the...
Du Plooy IncJul 8, 20192 minAirbnb Owners and Buyers – Should You Be Worried About the New Regulations?“While travel on our platform accounts for less than 1 in 8 visitors to South Africa, those guests boosted the economy by R8.7 billion an...
Du Plooy IncJul 8, 20193 minEmployers: What is Your Duty to Accommodate Religious Beliefs?“The employer has a duty to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious freedom unless it is impossible to do so without causing itsel...
Du Plooy IncJul 8, 20194 minYour Last Will: The Dire Consequences of Neglecting Formalities“It is not intended for the Court to make a will for the deceased based on what his intentions may have been” (Quoted in the judgment bel...
Du Plooy IncJun 5, 20191 minTax Freedom Day 2019 Has Arrived!“Untold Wealth: That which does not appear on income tax returns” (Anonymous) “Tax Freedom Day” is the first day of the year that we Sout...
Du Plooy IncJun 5, 20192 minBusiness Rescue: Are Your Suretyships Enforceable? A R5.5m Lesson for Directors and Creditors“Some people use one-half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it” (George Prentice, newspaper editor and...
Du Plooy IncJun 5, 20193 minEqual Pay for Equal Work – Can You Differentiate Without Unfairly Discriminating?“Prohibition of unfair discrimination: No person may unfairly discriminate, directly or indirectly, against an employee, in any employmen...
Du Plooy IncJun 5, 20193 minDirectors at War and the Liquidation Option – A Tale of Sibling RivalryA company’s directors have both the power and the duty to manage the company’s affairs for its benefit. When two or more directors are in...
