New directive issued: children may be handed over during lockdown
A new directive, regarding the handing over of children during lockdown, was published in the Government Gazette on 7 April 2020.
Meeting a legendary legal mind
Our Head of Commercial Law at Witz Inc, Pietro Calicchio, attended the Prof. Mervyn King SC seminar on Corporate Governance, held on 20 November 2019.
IP and the new Companies Act
The new Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (“the Companies Act”) has been in force for some time which incorporates the recommendations made in King III (“King III”).
Did you know that South African law caters for 3 types of legal marriages?
Three types of marriages are recognised under South African law, these are as follows; a civil marriage, a civil union and customary marriages in terms of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act.
Paid an admission of guilt fine? You may be able to have the conviction overturned.
If you’ve paid an admission of guilt fine, and the consequences were not explained to you by the Police, you may have grounds to have the conviction set aside.
Judgment is in – Smacking a child is no longer legal in private homes
On 18 September 2019, the Constitutional Court ruled in the case of Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others that moderate and reasonable chastisement of children in a home environment is no longer consistent with the Constitution.