A recent newspaper article by Basil Leonard, from the Centre for Leadership Studies at Stellenbosch University Business School, once again put the need for carefully considered succession strategies under the spotlight. In his article, Leonard cited resignations and death as two events that trigger the implementation of succession plans in a business. On a [...]
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Time for estate duty to go?
The days of estate duty may be numbered according to an article by Barry Ger, Cape Town-based tax consultant, in the May issue of De Rebus, the SA attorneys’ journal published by the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA). His opinion is echoed by several other media reports. In fact, many people’s hopes that [...]
Regular feature: SAfm – The Law Report with Karen Key, 9 July 2012
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Cohabitation: the implications where couples fail to plan
McDonald v Young (292 / 10) [2011] ZASCA 31 (24 March 2011) (McDonald case) and Butters v Mncora (181/2011) [2012] ZASCA 29 (28 March 2012) (Butters case) are two recent supreme court of appeal cases that clarified the position of unmarried couples living together — or cohabiting — without having a written cohabitation agreement in [...]
