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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 11, 20242 min read
How to Safeguard Your Digital Presence: A Simple Checklist for Website Compliance
' It’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away' (Doug Warner) Your website, social media profiles and other...
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King-Essack & Associates
Aug 1, 20243 min read
Home Buyer loses R5,5m in Phishing Scam – Don’t Make the Same Mistake!
'[The buyer] must in the circumstances take responsibility for her failure to protect herself against a known risk' (extract from...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jun 20, 20243 min read
Contracting with Trusts – Is a Majority Resolution Valid?
'Externally, trustees cannot disagree. In the external sphere the Trust functions by virtue of its resolutions, which have to be...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 11, 20243 min read
When to Lawyer Up
'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 3, 20244 min read
Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?
'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...
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King-Essack & Associates
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator
How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged...
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King-Essack & Associates
Feb 22, 20242 min read
'Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Load-shedding'. Can a Landlord Do That?
Load-shedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?
'A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.' (Hesiod, poet of Ancient Greece) Your neighbour’s business...
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Security Warning: Property Sale Cybercrime Surges & New AI Danger
'The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.' (Napoleon Bonaparte) This October marks the 20th anniversary of the globally...
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King-Essack & Associates
Sep 1, 20232 min read
How to Stop Someone Damaging Your Good Name on Social Media
'He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.' (Shakespeare) As our lives move...
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King-Essack & Associates
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Can Your 👍 Thumbs-Up Emoji or E-Signature Seal a Deal?
'…data messages or electronic signatures are now recognised in our law as equivalent to a proper basis upon which a written contract can...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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...
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King-Essack & Associates
Apr 14, 20233 min read
Why You Need a Shareholders’ Agreement and How to Structure It
Whether you are forming a new company or buying shares in an existing one, a formal shareholders’ agreement, tailored to suit your...
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King-Essack & Associates
Feb 27, 20232 min read
'Double Jeopardy' for Tax Evasion – Penalties plus Prosecution
'Administrative penalties and criminal proceedings do not serve the same purpose. The [one] is aimed at strengthening internal controls...
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King-Essack & Associates
Jan 11, 20233 min read
New Year, New Business - How to Pick the Right Legal Entity for It
'Owning one's own business is an adventure – enjoy it every step of the way.' (From the SME Toolkit article referenced below) First,...
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King-Essack & Associates
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Why You Should Sign a Power of Attorney Before You Emigrate or Travel
If you are emigrating, or perhaps just going overseas for an extended holiday or work contract, you may well leave behind some form of...
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