While South African law recognizes the existence of a maritime lien, our legislature has never defined exactly what a maritime lien is.
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South Africa: Twin Peaks model of financial regulation
A Transitional Management Committee has been put in place to handle the transition between the FSB and the FSCA.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Competition Commission’s Proposed Guidelines on Penalties for Failure to Notify a Merger – Some Predictability, Some Uncertainty
A question that is raised is whether there should be different considerations when dealing with a failure to notify.
Continue readingSouth Africa: The “once empowered, always empowered” judgment is unlikely to be the last word on mining empowerment requirements
The ‘once empowered, always empowered principle’ judgment of the Gauteng High Court doesn’t resolve the question of empowerment requirements.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Ports Training – Scams and opportunities
In SA alone there are 11 terminal projects in the pipelines (according to a recent announcement from Transnet National Ports Authority)
Continue readingSouth Africa: Investors need to know where government stands on public interest issues in SA mergers
Investors do not want long delays and so inevitably they strike a deal to give away more from a public interest perspective.
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