Don’t Let Cybercriminals Haunt You — Verify, Verify, Verify!
“If you suspect deceit, hit delete!” (Online cybersecurity slogan) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a good time to note that as cybercrime continues to grow, more and more businesses and individuals are falling victim to the dreaded “BEC” or “Business Email Compromise” fraud. The million-dollar question: Who takes the hit? Typically in a BEC fraud, […]
Du Toit Attorneys Receives Golden Arrow Award
Du Toit Attorneys is excited and honoured to announce that we were once again awarded a Golden Arrow Award at this year’s PMR Africa Awards for the fourth successive year.This prestigious award recognises a firm’s excellence whilst acknowledging the firm’s vision, integrity, values, competence and ‘empathy’ that contributes to ethical and sustainable business practices. Results are […]
Who owns your employee’s invention? Lessons from the “Please Call Me” saga
24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s “an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can amplify the innovative and creative solutions that are so crucial to building our common future.” (The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization) It’s a case that has been making headlines for years, the “Please Call Me” […]
Property Stars 2023 was hosted by DTS Attorneys
Property Stars 2023 was hosted by DTS Attorneys in collaboration with Greyvensteins Attorneys on the 28th of November 2023 at the Boardwalk Convention Centre. Property practitioners could enter into three award categories. Property Stars The category was open to all property practitioners and was awarded to the fifty property practitioners who earned the highest commission […]
Ponzi schemes: Another MTI judgment, risks and red flags
“MTl’s business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme, i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors and generating returns for earlier investors with investments taken from later investors.” (Extract from judgment below) In times of economic turmoil, the promise of “easy money” can be incredibly enticing. Unfortunately, this allure often leads […]
Workplace harassment: The new code in a nutshell
“The criterion that harassment involves unwanted conduct distinguishes acts of harassment from acceptable conduct in the workplace” (extract from the Code, emphasis added) With effect from 18 March 2022, a new “Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the Workplace” came into effect. Every employer and employee should […]
Exemption Clauses and Thieving Employees: Can You Sue (or Be Sued)?
“Where one of the parties wishes to be absolved either wholly or partially from an obligation or liability which would or could arise at common law under a contract of the kind which the parties intend to conclude, it is for that party to ensure that the extent to which he, she or it is […]
Fired For Moonlighting
“She failed to disclose these obviously material activities to her employer and was therefore manifestly acting in violation of her duty of good faith to her employer.” (Extract from judgment below) “Moonlighting” is the practice of employees boosting their monthly income with a “side-job” or “side-business”. It has been a feature of working relationships since […]
Using the New Cybercrimes Act to Protect Yourself
“…cybercrime has increased by over 300% during the COVID-19 pandemic – making it one of the biggest threats to businesses around the globe.” (Property 24 report) The Cybercrimes Act, which has been years in the making, is now (with effect from 1 December 2021) at last largely in force. Although some provisions still remain on […]
When Does Attendance at a Rugby Match Trigger a Dismissal from Employment?
“This is dishonest conduct of a kind which clearly negatively impairs upon a relationship of trust between an employer and employee.” (Extract from judgment below) An all-too-common complaint in workplaces comes from employers who notice a sudden surge in employees calling in sick on the day of a major sports fixture, or perhaps just on […]