We offer a wide range of legal services, ensuring that our team-based approach delivers innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions to our clients. With offices in Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay, we offer accessible and complete legal services to a diverse client base. Local and international affiliations further extend our representation throughout Southern Africa, Europe and North America.
Our leadership team comprised of Sifiso Msomi, Chairperson of the Board, and Joint Managing Partners, Samantha Davidson and Anton Lockem, underscores the firm’s depth of expertise and clear vision for the future while reinforcing a continued commitment to excellence, transformation and diversity within the legal profession.
A recent Tax Court judgment has provided useful guidance on the procedural principles applicable to applications to strike out allegations contained in pleadings in tax litigation. This case highlights the importance of relevance in determining whether impugned statements should remain part of the record and underscores the strategic role of pleadings in disputes involving transfer pricing and time-bar defences.
The 2026 Budget has been widely welcomed as prudent, disciplined and even “market-friendly”. Gross tax revenue for 2025/26 has been revised upwards by R21.3 billion, and personal income tax brackets have finally been adjusted for inflation after two years of bracket creep.
On 1 January 2019, the national minimum wage first came into effect, flowing from the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018 (“NMWA”). The primary reason for the national minimum wage being implemented was for the protection of workers from earning unreasonably low wages.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) delivered a unanimous judgment in Baseline Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service on 24 February 2026, providing definitive guidance on the limits of a taxpayer’s ability to amend their case during an appeal. The ruling clarifies the scope of Rule 32(3) of the Tax Court Rules, confirming that while taxpayers have some flexibility, they cannot use an appeal to introduce fundamentally new cases that target parts of an assessment never previously challenged.
Legal LPrep Draft 2026 04 – Draft RA under ss 64D and 120 in relation to Licensing of remover of goods in bond 11 March 2026
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