Bitcoin is back in the news following price surges and the US Congress introducing two new cryptocurrency bills. While the terms “Bitcoin” and “cryptocurrency” have become household words, many of us are still intimidated by them. This Article...
As a country, we are starting to acclimatise to the ‘new normal’. Unfortunately, for many businesses this means grappling with how to keep their doors open, manage cash flows and keep staff employed. In this time of financial...
The current economic climate has, among other things, resulted in a number of people and businesses experiencing cash flow issues or, being simply unable to settle their debts. These circumstances tend to be ripe for litigation as patience...
2020 has had no shortage of catastrophic and shocking news. For football fanatics, one of the biggest stories of the year has been Lionel Messi’s announcement that he was no longer happy with the direction of his club,...
For many persons, scheduling an annual medical has become a ritual. Similarly, checking the health of your company (be it an operating company, a non-operating holding company or one of a group of companies) should be regularly scheduled...
Much has been made in recent times about appointments of directors, resignations of directors and changes to various boards. A director, in relation to a Company, can be an individual or a body corporate and includes a person...
A promissory note is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person (the maker) to pay another person (the bearer) on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time, a specified or certain sum of money...
An NDA (also known as a confidentiality agreement) is a contract whereby a party gaining access to sensitive information agrees not to share it with others.NDAs have received negative coverage in the news lately as a result of...
In the recent case of Singularis Holdings Limited (in liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court upheld the judgments of the lower courts and found that a bank was in breach of its...
