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Vicarious liability: insurance implications for deliberate actions of employees

05 Nov 2019
BY Zara Sher, Rob Scott, Nicole Gabryk
While employers get to enjoy the benefit of the profits resulting from the deeds of their employees, they also create the risk of harm to others through the actions of their employees
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Uganda: No review of arbitral awards (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 692 of 2019): China Communications Construction Co. Limited vs Justus Kyabahwa

05 Nov 2019
BY Patrick Turinawe
The cornerstone of contract law is the freedom to contract and in many cases it may also include the choice of dispute resolution.
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Mining green metals in a low-carbon economy

29 Oct 2019
BY Lloyd Christie
The Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”), which was released on 18 October 2019, maps out the country’s current and future electricity demand and provides for nine policy interventions to ensure the secu…
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Watch this Space: South Africa’s space exploration industry primed for lift-off

29 Oct 2019
BY Lloyd Christie, Edwin Berman
Companies the world over have their sights set not on the skies but beyond them. Commercial activities in space are on the rise, ranging from spacecraft launching activities to space mining and space…
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Carbon offsets: the changing climate towards sustainable development and investment

29 Oct 2019
BY Lloyd Christie
The Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019 (“the Act”) introduced the concept of “carbon offset allowances” as an incentive to minimise carbon tax liability.
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Air polluters, beware - SA is waking up

29 Oct 2019
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Litigation in the air: environmental groups initiate landmark case on air pollution on the Highveld
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privacy in brief | issue 3

29 Oct 2019
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privacy in brief | issue 3
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Africa Business in Brief

Africa Business in Brief | 28 Oct 2019
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issue 328Africa Doing Business 2020: Two sub-Saharan African countries among most improved in Ease of Doing Business - Doing Business 2020: Two sub-Saharan African countries among most improved in E…
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privacy in brief | issue 2

22 Oct 2019
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privacy in brief | issue 2
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Constructively dismissed or resigned on own volition?

employment | 22 Oct 2019
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The concept of “constructive dismissal” has its roots in English law and was adopted by the Industrial Court in the course of the development of the labour law jurisprudence under the previous Labour…
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Africa Business in Brief

Africa Business in Brief | 21 Oct 2019
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issue 327Africa International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook, October 2019 - International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook, October 2019 Africa African Development Bank, Climate Investm…
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The implications of OFAC sanctions on the Guptas

15 Oct 2019
BY Edward James, Steven Powell
Ajay Gupta, Atul Gupta and Rajesh Gupta and their close associate Salim Essa, sanctioned for their alleged involvement in what was described as a “significant corruption network”
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privacy in brief | issue 1

15 Oct 2019
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privacy in brief | issue 1
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Africa Business in Brief

Africa Business in Brief | 14 Oct 2019
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issue 326Algeria/Nigeria Nigeria will continue to cooperate with Algeria - Nigeria will continue to cooperate with Algeria Angola Sonangol and Total seek creation of JV - Sonangol and Total seek cr…
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Africa Business in Brief

Africa Business in Brief | 23 Sep 2019
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issue 323Africa Rockefeller Foundation to lead a Commission to end energy poverty - Rockefeller Foundation to lead a Commission to end energy poverty Africa Oil leads São Tomé and Príncipe to negoti…
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