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25 May 2013
Legal Briefs
 
 
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23 May 2013
 
 
Directors face potential criminal liability for over 500 environmental offences
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Environmental legislation has mushroomed over the last few years to the extent that there are now over 500 offences that company directors can be held personally and criminally liable for. That’s...
 
 
21 May 2013
 
Legality of stringent product recall guidelines in question
Bowman Gilfillan
Product recalls are a common occurrence internationally, and it is only a matter of time before South African products are recalled as frequently. According to Lior Nickig, associate attorney at...
 
 
17 May 2013
 
Oppressed shareholders flirting with new remedies
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Minority shareholders are starting to rely on the innovative remedies provided in the new Companies Act in fighting oppression and prejudice, says Kara van de Pol, a senior associate at Bowman...
 
 
13 May 2013
 
Mozambique introduces Competition Law
Bowman Gilfillan
Mozambique has promulgated Competition Law, 10 of 2013 (the “Act”), which will enter into force on 10 July 2013.  The Act applies to all economic activities in or having an effect in...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
Bowman Gilfillan lawyers deliver over R13m in pro bono work
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Lawyers working in the Johannesburg and Cape Town offices of pan-African corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan Inc delivered R13.7 million in pro bono work for worthy causes during the financial year...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
Social media in the workplace: Balancing rights to privacy with freedom of expression
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
As much as employers stand to benefit from the ease, speed and cost-effectiveness of social media, economic gains can be just as quickly lost on industrial and public relations crises, as well as...
 
 
17 Apr 2013
 
Managers could be subject to the same fiduciary responsibilities as directors
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
It is important for people in executive and management positions to be aware that, despite not being formally appointed and elected as directors, they could be subject to the same fiduciary duties...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
Bowman Gilfillan advises Oryx Energies on SA gas acquisition
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Bowman Gilfillan, the pan-African legal services group, has advised on the South African leg of a major international transaction that will see Oryx Energies acquire liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
 
 
 
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