Conduct Standard for Banks and consumer protection: what do unfair contract terms mean for banks and other financial institutions?
21 Jul 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee , Jessica Blumenthal AND Joshua Davis
The recently promulgated Conduct Standard for Banks has leapfrogged COFI, accelerating many of its draft principles.
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Africa Tax in Brief
21 Jul 2020
BY Celia Becker
The latest tax developments across Africa
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 361 | 19 Jul 2020
issue 361
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Ugandan ENSights
16 Jul 2020
The latest Uganda ENSights round up
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实施南非《个人信息保护法》的“必要举措”
15 Jul 2020
BY Kenny Chiu AND Wendy Shih
实施南非《个人信息保护法》的“必要举措”
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Dispute Resolution ENSights
15 Jul 2020
The latest round up of dispute resolution ENSights
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Water sales held to be unlawful by the Gauteng High Court
14 Jul 2020
BY James Brand
A recent South African High Court decision has confirmed that the sale and transfer of water is unlawful, and if recent policy is implemented, we can anticipate express statutory restrictions on the transfer of water use entitlements in the future.
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SCA: Latest judgment on rental lease agreement renewals
14 Jul 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee
Where parties fail to timeously reach an agreement on the rental for a renewal period and they do not invoke a clause providing for the rental to be fixed by a third party, will result in the lapse of the lease agreement by the effluxion of time
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Is the service of a notice arguing that the particulars of claim is vague and embarrassing a valid response to a notice of bar?
14 Jul 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee
This case highlights the importance of timeously delivering a notice in terms of which a defendant intends to argue that the particulars of claim is vague and embarrassing and therefore defective.
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FSCA publishes the Conduct Standard for Banks: a torch bearer for the COFI Bill
14 Jul 2020
BY Jessica Blumenthal
The principles of the COFI Bill however are getting a first airing through their application to the conduct of banks in terms of the Conduct Standard.
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The Conduct Standard for Banks and how it will support the 6 Treating Customers Fairly principles
14 Jul 2020
BY Clinton van Loggerenberg AND Courtney-Jayne Dykes
This regulatory framework enables the FSCA to critically and urgently supervise the market conduct of the banking sector in South Africa
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TAT ruling: Commissioner General’s discretion must be exercised judiciously
14 Jul 2020
BY Celia Becker AND Phillip Karugaba
The recent ruling of the Tax Appeals Tribunal in the case of Century Bottling Company v Uganda Revenue Authority, has brought the discretion of the Commissioner General of the URA sharply in focus.
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Conduct Standard for Banks and amended Code of Conduct: rules for advertising non-insurance financial services
14 Jul 2020
BY Jessica Blumenthal AND Wilmari Strachan
The Financial Services Conduct Authority has recently introduced new and extensive regulation in respect of advertising by financial services providers and banks
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When interim injunction orders against Uganda Revenue Authority are not in the public interest
14 Jul 2020
BY Celia Becker AND Phillip Karugaba
In a stunning decision, the High Court held that a temporary injunction will not be issued to restrain the Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”) from its statutory function of collecting taxes, save in limited circumstances.
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Mauritius reinforces its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing laws
14 Jul 2020
The Act aims to align Mauritius with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force and the EU Commission
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