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Jocelyn Katz

Jocelyn Katz is an Executive at ENS and Head of Competition / Anti-Trust practice. She specialises in all aspects of competition law, including mergers and the compilation of merger notifications, ob…
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Stuart Harrison

Stuart Harrison is an Executive at ENS in the Employment practice. He specialises in all aspects of employment law, including administrative law, executive appointments and dismissals…
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James Haydock

James Haydock is an Executive at ENS in the Dispute Resolution practice. James has a particular interest and expertise in matters relating to renewable energy, having acted in cases involving wi…
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Lee Mendelsohn

Lee Mendelsohn is ENS Chief Operating Officer.  Prior to assuming her current role, Lee successfully headed the firm’s competition practice since its establishment in 1998. As COO, Lee ov…
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JSE Simplifies Listings Requirements

02 Feb 2026
BY Sanjay Kassen, Nkosi Tshabalala, Doron Joffe
The JSE's long-running Simplification project is now live, with the fully rewritten Listings Requirements having taken effect on 13 January 2026.
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Mark Badenhorst

Mark Badenhorst in an Executive Consultant at ENS in the Tax practice. He is a transfer pricing expert with many years’ experience advising numerous local and international clients in the autom…
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When does prescription start running against an organ of state?

15 Apr 2025
BY Aslam Moosajee
A recent High Court decision highlights that missing legal deadlines can be fatal to a case. The court ruled that knowing the facts of a claim not just the legal rights is enough to trigger the time…
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Guitar Wars: Gibson v Dean

31 Mar 2025
BY Craig Shapiro
The long-running trade mark battle between Gibson and Armadillo centers on Gibson’s “Flying V,” “Explorer,” “ES,” and “SG” body shapes, the “Dove Wing Headstock,” and several word marks.
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Being a “loan shark” at work can result in dismissal

employment | 21 Oct 2024
BY Siphile Hlwatika
South Africa's R50 billion stokvel sector is vital for social protection. However, in Kaweng v SANBI, the Labour Court assessed the fairness of an employee's dismissal for running an illegal money-le…
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Does the institution of a review application interrupt the running of the prescription period?

16 Feb 2021
BY Peter le Roux
Prior to the amendments to section 145 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (“LRA”) in 2015, many employers who were found to have unfairly dismissed an employee would seek to review an arbitration awar…
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Brexit update: time is running out

03 Nov 2020
BY Fae Hassan
EU trade marks will still be valid and enforceable in the UK until the end of the transitional period.
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Can our environmental laws protect our marine ecosystem from oil spills?

07 Aug 2020
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Mauritius may be experiencing its first major oil spill and a potential ecological catastrophe following the running aground of the MV Wakashio on 25 July 2020.
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Trade marks: don’t register them “purely as a legal weapon”

IP | 02 Jun 2020
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The long-running Skykick saga recently reached its conclusion.
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Parody and abuse

IP | 02 Apr 2019
BY Gaelyn Scott
A long-running legal dispute in the USA involving the brand Louis Vuitton is interesting. Not only does it deal with parody as a defence to trade mark infringement, but it also deals with trade mark …
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