June 2020
- Lockdown! Nuisance Neighbours and How to Handle Them
- Unemployed, Can’t Pay Bond and Credit Instalments? “Credit Life Insurance” May Save You
- Directors: Reckless Trading and Personal Liability in the Time of Coronavirus
- Domestic Violence and the Lockdown: Your Personalised Safety Plan
- Website of the Month: A Complete Guide to Working from Home in 2020
March 2020
- Running a Business in a Residential Area – Check Your Zoning First!
- Watch What You Say on WhatsApp – The Case of the R20m Lottery Win and the R1m “Offer”
- How to Stop an Ex-Director from Competing With You
- POPIA’s One Year Deadline to Start Running on 1 April?
- Website of the Month: South Africa in the 2020s – High Road or Low?
February 2020
- Does an Expired Lease Automatically Continue Month-to-Month? At What Rental?
- Employees: Your New Rights to Paternity and Parental Leave
- Can You Sue a Bad Investment Advisor? It depends…
- Report Your Traffic Accident with an Online Reporting Service
- Your Website of the Month: Become a Client Whisperer
December 2019
- Property Sales and Trusts: Demand Proof of Trustee Authority
- Visiting South Africa with Kids Just Became Easier – Here’s What You Need to Know
- All Companies: Prepare for the Mandatory New CIPC Compliance Checklist
- Property Owners, Buyers and Agents: Lost Title Deeds and Bonds – Don’t Delay!
- Your Website of the Month: A Festive Season Home Security Checklist
November 2019
- “Seller’s Remorse” and “Subject to Sale of the Buyer’s Property” – Can They Sink the Sale?
- About To Marry? Don’t Forget Your ANC and the 3 Types of Marriage
- Employees on Probation: Can You Dismiss for Poor Performance?
- It Pays to Report Crime! First Offender’s 20 Years in Prison Confirmed for R4.9m Fraud
- Your Websites of the Month: Buying or Selling Anything? How to Use Facebook Marketplace
October 2019
- Landlord vs Tenant: When Can You Cut Electricity or Change the Locks?
- Dementia and Incapacity: What is a Power of Attorney and is it Forever?
- Security Complexes and Fibre – You Can Use Telkom Ducting After All
- How Courts Sort Fact from Fiction - A Tale of Jags, Deception and Damages
- Your Websites of the Month: Tips to Manage Debt and Master Your Money
July 2019
- Property Transfers and Trust Account Theft: A R720,000 Warning
- Your Last Will: The Dire Consequences of Neglecting Formalities
- Employers: What is Your Duty to Accommodate Religious Beliefs?
- Airbnb Owners and Buyers – Should You Be Worried About the New Regulations?
- Your Website of the Month: Business Email Dos and Don’ts
June 2019
- You Signed a Property Sale Agreement, Can You Still Accept a Better Offer?
- Directors at War and the Liquidation Option – A Tale of Sibling Rivalry
- Equal Pay for Equal Work – Can You Differentiate Without Unfairly Discriminating?
- Business Rescue: Are Your Suretyships Enforceable? A R5.5m Lesson for Directors and Creditors
- Tax Freedom Day 2019 Has Arrived!
- Your Website of the Month: Coming Soon - More Courts Offering Mediation Options
May 2019
- Security Estates: Can You Fine Speedsters?
- Accidentally Paid the Wrong Person? Lessons From a R862k Banking App Error
- Expats and Employers: Plan Now For the New Expat Tax Changes
- Estate Agents: Securing Your Trade Secrets (and Your Commission)
- Property Buyers: There’s a New Deduction from Interest Earned on Your Deposit
- Your Website and Video of the Month: Before You Enter an Uber…
April 2019
- Your Dog, Cat or Cow (Even Your Bees) Could Cost You Millions
- Neighbours Building? Know Your Rights Re Plan Approval
- Losing Your Licence with AARTO Demerits: More Danger than You Thought, and The Wheels are Turning
- Small Claims Courts - From 1 April You Can Sue For Up To R20,000
- Your Website of the Month: Music for Productive Work
March 2019
- Property Buyers: Beware Unlawful Occupiers!
- Traffic Fines and Admissions of Guilt – Will They Earn You a Criminal Record?
- Trustees at War: The Removal Remedy and Its Limits
- Employers: When Should You Sue Rogue Employees? A R33m Example
- Websites of the Month: Your Selection of Budget 2019 Tax Calculators (And a Tax Guide)
February 2019
- Property Owners, Buyers and Agents: Check for the Title Deeds Before 25 February!
- Private Schools and Parents Behaving Badly – the Expulsion Option
- Proving Your Claim in a Liquidation or Sequestration – When You Should, and When You Shouldn’t
- Buying Your First Home with a Government Subsidy
- Your Website of the Month: 5 Steps to Business Success
January 2019
- Paternity Leave and Minimum Wages – How Will The New Laws Affect You?
- Beware the Building Deadlines When Buying-to-Build
- Victims of Corruption Take Heart – “Big Chief” Gets 15 Years Behind Bars
- Property Developers Beware: Deemed Accruals Can Seriously Disrupt Your Cash Flow
- Your Website of the Month: “Ready, Steady, Loadshed!”
December 2018
- Buying Property this Festive Season? Check the Title Deed First!
- Lending to a Friend or Selling Property on Credit - Must You Register as a Credit Provider?
- Reporting Crime and the Defamation Danger: Lessons from the Workplace
- Firearm Owners: What to Do if Your Licence Has Expired
- Websites of the Month: The Existential Dread of Gift Giving, and Science to the Rescue
November 2018
August 2018
- Your Body Corporate and Arrear Levies: To Sequestrate or Not To Sequestrate?
- Suing Your Security Company: The Case of a Burgled Butchery
- Property Scams – Beware (Cyber) Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing!
- Lending Money Repayable “On Demand”: Beware Prescription!
- Your Website of the Month: What’s Your New Tax Return Deadline?
July 2018
May 2018
- Facebook Defamation – The Truth is not Enough!
- Landlord v Tenant: Consider the Tribunal Dispute Resolution Option
- Bitcoin and the Law – Is It Legal, What About Tax, and Can You Leave it to Your Heirs?
- When Is Dismissal Fair for a Fake CV?
- Your Websites of the Month: SMEs Prepare for the 2018 Flu Season
April 2018
- How to Avoid Disputes over Jointly Owned Property
- Do You Read Online Terms and Conditions? You Should and Here’s Why
- POPI: An Existing Risk, a Right Royal Ruckus, and the EU Deadline
- From the Horse’s Mouth: House Sales and the VAT Increase
- Your Website of the Month: 5 Hacks to Maximise Office Productivity
March 2018
- Can You Still Sell As Is? CPA v The Voetstoots Clause
- Maintenance Defaulters – No Place to Hide
- Dogs (and Other Animals) Behaving Badly: An Angry Ostrich and a R6.75m claim
- Wills and Estates: Cost of Dying Rises with Master’s Fees Increase
- Your Website of the Month: The Art of Smartphone Battery Charging
January 2018
- Plot-and-Plan: Great Option, Just Beware the Building Deadline
- TV Cameras in the Courtroom – Media Circus or Public Right? Lessons from the van Breda trial
- Sellers and Landlords: Using an Unregistered Estate Agent
- When Crime Doesn’t Pay: VAT Fraudsters Behind Bars for 25 Years
- Your Website of the Month: What Does 2018 Have in Store For Us?
December 2017
- It’s Wedding Season! Here’s Why You Need an ANC (Whether You Marry Here or Overseas)
- Selling Property this Festive Season? 3 Tips for a Smooth Transfer
- Employers and Employees: How to Handle Sexual Harassment at Work
- Don’t Drink and Drive! The Legal Limits, the Risks, and Advice if Arrested
- Your Website of the Month: 5 simple ways to enjoy your break and not worry about work
November 2017
- Closing Down the Guesthouse Next Door: Notes for Owners and Neighbours
- Creditors and Debtors: Important New Prescription Judgment
- Employer v Employee: Can You Use Evidence Obtained under Threat of Prosecution?
- Child Maintenance in Arrears? The Contempt of Court Enforcement Option
- Your Website of the Month: 5 Ways to Stay Mentally Strong When You Think You’re About to Crack
July 2017
May 2017
February 2017
- Barking Dogs Driving You Batty? Noisy Neighbours and the Interdict Option
- Creditors: When Can You Use a Liquidation Application to Collect Debt?
- Buying and Selling Property: Who Pays the Taxman?
- Submit Your 2017 Budget Tips!
- Your February Website: Small Business Ideas For 2017
- Dipping into the dictionary
December 2016
- Buy That House! You’re off the Hook for the Seller’s Municipal Debts
- Getting Married? Don’t Forget the Legal Consequences
- Employers: Your EE Report Deadline and the R1,5m Fine Risk
- Two minutes to a swimming pool tragedy and a R62m damages claim
- Domestic Workers’ Wages up 1 December
- Your December Websites: A Mixed Bag for the Festive Season
- Dipping into the dictionary
November 2016
- Bad Tenants: Can You Lock Them Out?
- Are You David Trying to Sue Goliath? Consider Litigation Funding
- Sectional Title Schemes: New Reserve Fund Requirement and Other Key Changes
- All “Community Schemes”: New Rules and a New Ombud You Need to Know About
- Your November Website: Tapping Into a Wellspring of Creativity
- Dipping into the dictionary
October 2016
- Lost Views and Rising Damp – Lessons for Home Buyers
- Garnishee Orders: A 7-Point Practical Guide to New Rules for Lenders, Debtors and Employers
- Divorce Maintenance: Can You Contract Out of It?
- Selling Property? Check for VAT Before You Sign
- Your October Website: Tax Clearance – Now Available Online
- Dipping into the dictionary
September 2016
- YOUR WILL AND A PRACTICAL PLAN FOR YOUR LOVED ONES
- TRUMPED! A HOME OWNER CAN BE EVICTED AS AN UNLAWFUL OCCUPIER
- DIRECTORS AND PERSONAL LIABILITY: THE LITTLE-KNOWN SECTION WAITING IN AMBUSH
- TAX – HERE’S WHAT TO DO IF A “SARS” DEBT COLLECTOR COMES KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR
- YOUR SEPTEMBER WEBSITE: WHO’S WHO IN THE PANAMA PAPERS?
- Dipping into the dictionary
August 2016
July 2016
- NEIGHBOURS BEHAVING BADLY: NIP ILLEGAL BUILDING IN THE BUD!
- STARTING A BUSINESS? THE PARTNERSHIP OPTION
- DIRECTORS, MANAGERS – YOUR NEW RISK OF “CARTEL CONDUCT” CRIMINAL LIABILITY IS EVEN WIDER THAN REPORTED
- TAX SEASON STARTS 1 JULY: YOUR DEADLINES
- YOUR JULY WEBSITE: PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY WITH PRIVACY BADGER
- Dipping into the dictionary
June 2016
- PROPERTY AGREEMENTS – AN ALTERATION COULD SINK YOUR SALE!
- COPYRIGHT IN CYBERSPACE: NEW GUIDELINES FOR ONLINE PUBLISHERS
- Baby Boomers: At What Age Must You Retire?
- Credit Providers - NCA Registration Threshold Reduced To Nil
- Your June Website: “Am I Contagious?” Don’t Be ‘Patient Zero’ This Winter
- Dipping into the dictionary
April 2016
- RATES UP AFTER A PROPERTY REVALUATION? OBJECT, BUT DO IT PROPERLY!
- EMPLOYEES: ARE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PRIVATE?
- BEWARE, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER (NOT EVEN POWERS OF ATTORNEY FROM YOUR AGING PARENTS)
- COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT – A R10,5m AWARD FIRES A WARNING SHOT
- YOUR APRIL WEBSITE: IS BIG BROTHER TRACKING YOU?
January 2016
- STARTING A BUSINESS IN 2016? 3 STEPS TO GET YOU GOING
- PROPERTY SELLERS: JUST HOW FAR DOES YOUR DUTY TO DISCLOSE GO?
- THE CASE OF THE ELECTROCUTED CYCLIST - MORE RISK FOR SUPPLIERS
- PAIA MANUALS: ANOTHER LAST MINUTE EXTENSION
- TAX DISPUTE? SARS LAUNCHES A NEW EFILING PROCESS
- YOUR JANUARY WEBSITE: HOW TO TURN NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS INTO NEW YEAR REALISATIONS
December 2015
- YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON GUIDE TO HOME BUYING AND SELLING
- MOTORISTS RENEWING LICENCES – WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU
- BODY CORPORATE v NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOUR: COURT TO THE RESCUE
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: REPORT IT!
- PROPERTY PROFESSIONALS: HAVE YOUR SAY NOW ON THE DRAFT NEW B-BBEE SECTOR CODE
- THE DECEMBER WEBSITES: SOME YEAR-END SNIPPETS
October 2015
- PROPERTY OWNERS: MANAGE YOUR RISK OF BEING SUED
- IN THE WINGS - NEW WAYS TO CHASE MAINTENANCE DEFAULTERS
- EMPLOYERS: IS YOUR ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ENFORCEABLE?
- NO MONEY TO SUE? CONSIDER CONTINGENCY FEES
- WHAT IS SLOWING THE GROWTH OF THE SME SECTOR? SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS HERE
- THE OCTOBER WEBSITES: STRESSED? RELAX FOR TWO MINUTES...
- BONUS WEBSITE: RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 DIGITAL WALLCHART
September 2015
- Write your Will today! Four good reasons to do it now.
- Buying and Selling Property: The bond clause blues, and how to beat them.
- Have you lodged your PAIA Manual? Final deadline looms!
- Landlords - Know your rights in business rescue
- The September website: Boost your business with live video broadcasting
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