New year, new home?
Andrea Tucker, Director of MortgageMe, has drawn up a list of the pros and cons of buying a property, building a house or renovating your existing house to help reduce your decision fatigue
As a new year dawns, it is a long-held custom to...
Most popular smartphone apps in South Africa
In South Africa, social media apps tend to dominate the top ten most popular free smartphone applications for Android and iOS. At the same time, games are the most downloaded paid apps on both operating systems.
The data shows that six of the top...
ASUS VIVOBOOK PRO 14 OLED REVIEW: SNAPPY PERFORMANCE AND A SMOOTH...
Asus’ Vivobook Pro 14 OLED is a shot at putting OLED in yet another unprecedented form factor: the midrange workstation. It’s poised to be the first 14-inch OLED laptop on the market, as well as the first OLED laptop with a 90Hz refresh rate. Of course, it...
The importance of Know Your Business (KYB)
How to check the legitimacy of a company you work with to avoid risky business relationships
Approximately 2-5% of the world's GDP is laundered every year, which amounts to approximately $800 billion to $2 trillion, according to research by the United Nations. As a...
The CIO’s roadmap for digital transformation
As the pandemic dispersed the workforce, necessitating more sophisticated means to connect, collaborate and communicate, digital transformation became a business imperative. Fikile Sibiya, CIO at fintech specialist e4, explains why a roadmap for the future is essential in this transformation, and elaborates on what it should entail.
BookIT – before they do!
With a lot of companies going back to the office or adopting a hybrid mode of working, in-person meetings have once again started to become the norm. With certain restrictions still in place, this brings up another issue of ensuring you have the right size room to...
Latest Topical Case Reports – 17th January 2022
RULE 46A AND SALE OF HOME OWNED BY COMPANYSegalo v Botha NO ZAGPJHC 770
Mr Segalo and his family reside in a property owned by a company, Blue Flame. Mr Segalo was the sole director and shareholder of Blue Flame, which was provisionally...
Remembering the big picture
Especially as you ease into 2022…
As you sit in front of your laptop for what is probably the first time in a couple of weeks, the uncertainty of what 2022 holds weighs heavily on your shoulders. And you start to panic about what...
Latest Topical Case Reports – 10th January 2022
DISHONESTY - ATTENDING RUGBY MATCH WHEN OFF SICKWoolworths v CCMA ZALAC 49
Mr Alexander advised one of the managers that he was ill and that he would not be attending work on that day, but he and his father travelled for at least...
Legal tech buzzed throughout 2021 with IPOs, new ‘unicorns’
2021 was a busy year for the still emerging legal technology sector as several companies went public, and investors poured capital into private companies in the space.
LegalZoom.com Inc, CS Disco Inc and Intapp Inc had initial public offerings this year, and a number...
Latest Topical Case Reports – 27th December 2021
CHILD HARMED BY ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCEKV v PV 2020-13126 (GJ)
During acrimonious divorce proceedings the clinical psychologist reported on the child (aged 11 at time of the judgment). He found that the child had an unhealthy and inappropriate knowledge of the acrimonious litigation between...
Latest Topical Case Reports – 20 December 2021
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND POLYGRAPH TESTSShoprite Checkers v JL ZALCCT 95
JL was assisting a general manager at a computer behind a desk partition at Checkers Food Services. JL raised a grievance that the manager had slapped her buttock. During the investigations, the manager...
Maitland bolsters fund services technology expertise with senior hire
Maitland, the global fund administration firm, has recruited JP Khaitan as Head of Technology Services – Fund Services.
Khaitan arrives with two decades’ experience working with multinationals across the wealth management, life insurance, fund, and banking sectors. He reports to Managing Director of Maitland...
Bye, Bye 2021!
And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie!
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for a whole year?
We have. It’s been a little frustrating, we must admit. The same old words playing over and over in...
Bank resolution – latest guidance on stays applicable to distressed banks
South Africa will soon implement a new bank resolution and recovery framework. Previously, banks in financial distress might have become subject to curatorship under the Banks Act, 1990. However, on 7 September 2021 the National Assembly passed a new bill, namely, the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill...
Latest Topical Case Reports – 13th December 2021
EVICTION DATE – INTERESTS OF JUSTICEMV Andre Builder Joiner CC v Nordien ZAWCHC 255
Applicant and respondent entered into a commercial lease agreement, but respondent failed to make the monthly rental payments since April 2020. The applicant seeks an order confirming the cancellation of...
Daan’s Snippets – 6th December 2021
Gentle Reader
This will be the last edition of Snippets this year. I will resume publication on 23 January.
Do have a happy and relaxing Christmas break.
Daan
(your binary and non-gender-expansive correspondent…aka straight?)
JVS Attorneys chooses AJS for “affordability, ease of use and service...
JVS Attorneys is a boutique personal injury law firm specialising in claims against the Road Accident Fund. They offer superior legal representation. No deposit required, No Win – No Fee agreement and free assessment of potential claims.
Being very centrally located affords them the...
Law Firm Marketing Strategy: 22 Tactics for 2022
Are you prepared to market and grow your law firm in 2022? If so, this article is for you.
In this article, I’ll show you the latest law firm marketing strategies and techniques you can incorporate...
How to Use Local Keywords to Rank Higher on Google
Did you know that 76% of people who search for a nearby business on their smartphones visit them within a day’s time?
Or that 28% of these searches end in a purchase?
Sharing Blog Posts to LinkedIn Won’t Get Them Seen on LinkedIn
Lawyers and law firms are told to share their blog posts on LinkedIn to get their posts seen. Sharing blog posts is not enough to get your posts seen, if getting your posts seen, alone, is even...
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