AUTHOR: GRAEME PALMER In a significant judgment delivered on 5 March 2026, the Western Cape Division of the High Court declared section 7(4) of the...
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Attorneys, Notaries & Conveyancers | Garlicke and Bousfield
AUTHOR: GRAEME PALMER In a significant judgment delivered on 5 March 2026, the Western Cape Division of the High Court declared section 7(4) of the...
AUTHOR: ADRIENNE OLIVER In family law practice, few responsibilities are more important than safeguarding the wellbeing of children. Each year, conversations around child protection gain...
by Saiuri Seetal and Hlengiwe Skosana In the case of Maleka v Boyce N.O. and Others [2026] ZACC 7, the Constitutional Court had to determine whether...
In South Africa’s complex and highly regulated employment landscape, labour disputes are inevitable. However, how organisations respond to these disputes has become a defining feature...
AUTHOR: GERARD VADIVALU PUBLICATION DATE: 20TH FEBRUARY 2026 The Community Schemes Ombud Service Act 9 of 2011 (“the CSOS Act”), inter alia, establishes the CSOS...
AUTHOR: GRAEME PALMER PUBLICATION DATE: 16TH FEBRUARY 2026 Few principles in tax law are as fundamental as the taxpayer’s burden of proof. The recent Supreme...
SARS given green light to hold third parties personally liable for tax debts
Gold Kid Trading (Pty) Ltd (“Gold Kid”) refine precious metals including gold. They purchase unwrought gold bars and jewelry containing gold from suppliers who are registered VAT vendors and would have paid VAT on the purchase price. The gold is refined and sold to South African clients who pay the purchase price plus VAT. It also sells refined…
When is it “just and equitable” to wind up a solvent company
When is it “otherwise just and equitable” to wind up a solvent company (or close corporation) in terms of section 81(1)d(iii) of the Companies Act, 2008? Generally, section 81(1)d of the Act provides that a company may be wound up by a court at the instance of a director or a shareholder, or the company itself. Three instances are specified…
Yvonne joined Garlicke & Bousfield in 1988 to serve her articles and was offered a directorship in March 1991. She heads up the Estates & Trusts Department and currently serves
Simphiwe joined Garlicke & Bousfield in 2006 and was appointed as a Director in the Property and Conveyancing Department in 2008.
Howard was appointed as a Director in the Corporate & Commercial Department at Garlicke & Bousfield in 2013 and as head of this Department in 2014. He specialises in commercial,
Graeme graduated from the University of KwaZulu Natal with a BSocSci and LLB, thereafter completing a Certificate in Advanced Taxation and an LLM with the University of South Africa.
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