AUTHORS: RISHAL BIPRAJ AND TATTON BOURAS PUBLISHED; 20TH NOVEMBER 2025 Monarchy in South Africa is not dead. In 1994, at the dawn of its democracy,...
AUTHORS: RISHAL BIPRAJ AND TATTON BOURAS PUBLISHED; 20TH NOVEMBER 2025 Monarchy in South Africa is not dead. In 1994, at the dawn of its democracy,...
Executive Summary This article warns against the serious risks of using “artificial intelligence” (AI) to generate legal advice or legal documents without scrutiny, input and...
AUTHOR: ADRIENNE OLIVER PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 The new Marriage Bill, which is currently under consideration in the National Assembly, is set to modernise...
AUTHOR: ADRIENNE OLIVER PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 Since the publication of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992 on 6 May 1992,...
AUTHOR: ADRIENNE OLIVER PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 South Africa’s family law is about to change in a major way. The General (Family) Laws Amendment...
AUTHOR: GERARD VADIVALU PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 The Prescription Act 68 of 1969 sets out, inter alia, time periods for when a debt (for...
November 2025.
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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