COVID-19: Operational Requirement Terminations

What happens after the COVID-19 lockdown? Can staff be retrenched? How do we ensure this is done in a legally compliant manner? Are there alternatives? Contact Carlo Torino, our labour law specialist, for answers to these and other employment law questions. The global...

COVID-19 And Commercial Lease Agreements

On 26 March 2020, and in terms of the Disaster Management Act, South Africa was placed under nationwide lockdown. Originally set to continue until 16 April 2020, regulations were subsequently amended extending the lockdown to 30 April 2020. As we know, in terms of the...

Consequences of an offer to purchase

An Offer to Purchase (“OTP”) sets out the details of the sale and ensures that there is clarity about the property being sold, its conditions, and any other important considerations. This agreement is signed by the purchaser making an offer, and then signed by the...