“In every triumph there’s a lot of try.”
Frank Tyger |
Remember to protect your assets by placing them in a:
Trust,
Company, or
Close Corporation. |
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received. Please network with us on any of the topics raised. We appreciate
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Unmarried and Living Together?
The new Domestic Partnership Bill might affect you. It is basically a move
by government to recognize and protect opposite-sex couples living together.
It deals with children who are part of such relationships, maintenance,
the duty of support such partners have towards one another, financial matters,
household goods, work injury claims, partnership debt, succession, the ending of such a
partnership, the property regime and many other aspects.
It allows for such partnerships to be registered. A person may only
be registered in one such partnership at a time and married couples or spouses in a civil
union may not register as such.
What laws apply to my Franchise?
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It’s
still a number of different angles that apply. In the recently released book, Franchising
in South Africa, Eric Parker and Kurt Illetschko point out that despite lobbying by the
Franchise Association of SA (FASA), new franchise laws have not been passed.
So the laws that apply are amongst others that of Contracts, the
Competition Act and Intellectual Property laws such as the Trademarks Act. FASA has
a Code of Ethics and Business Practices. Other aspects are commercial laws such as
the Companies and Close Corporations Acts, Labour and tax laws. The Competition Board has
also released a lengthy Franchising Notice. |
Don’t just sign that contract
The law requires you to read the detail. Rather contact an
experienced attorney when confronted with any type of document that requires your
signature. (And always keep copies of the signed document!)
Thanks for reading. Have a good day.
Barnard Labuschagne Inc
Registration No. 1999/015298/21 t/a
Ettienne
Barnard Attorneys |
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