Webber Wentzel
Fintech and Treating Customers Fairly
16th August 2023 Fintech businesses need to apply Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles when designing new products and services, especially considering the... →
Taking tech to tradition: Mitigating risk in the evolving financial services sector
16th August 2023 As technology distorts the boundaries between the physical and digital realms, adequate risk mitigation measures must be built into collaborations... →
No more skirting around the health and safety concerns of women in mining wearing PPE designed for men
15th August 2023 The Chief Inspector of Mines has issued an updated guideline outlining considerations that mines should incorporate into Mandatory Codes of... →
Total Blackout: Force Majeure and Supervening Impossibility in a Grid Collapse
15th August 2023 If South Africa were to experience a total grid collapse, parties to a contract may be able to invoke force majeure clauses, or if no such clauses... →
Prudential Authority publishes highly anticipated draft guidance notes for banks and insurers on climate-related risks and disclosures
15th August 2023 Mirroring other leading financial sector regulators across the globe, South Africa's Prudential Authority (PA) has signaled to banks and insurers... →
“Cough Cough” (are you really on sick leave?)
10th August 2023 Two recent cases brought to the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court have highlighted that the courts will ultimately uphold the dismissal of an... →
Inaccurate fine print on packaging can spell trouble for food producers
7th August 2023 Recent regulatory developments have tended to regulate food packaging more strictly, following international trends to hold producers, advertisers... →
Webber Wentzel's IP experts recognised by IAM Patent 1000
7th August 2023 IAM Patent 1000 has recognised Webber Wentzel partners, Leanne Mostert, Bernadette Versfeld, and Tim Ball as leading patent professionals. This... →
