Recent articles and research

By Meryl Federl

Abbreviations: 

EL: Employment Law (LexisNexis)
SA Merc LJ: South African Mercantile Law Journal (Juta) 
JJS: Journal for Juridical Science (University of the Free State)

Company law 

Cassim, MF ‘Obstacles and barriers to the derivative action: Costs orders under section 165 of the Companies Act of 2008 (part 2)’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 228.
Cassim, R ‘Piercing the veil under section 20(9) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008: A new direction’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 307.
Luiz, SM ‘The Companies Act 71 of 2008 and the disclosure of and rights of access to information about securities’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 167.
Sibanda, A ‘The statutory remedy for unfair prejudice in South African company law’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 58. 

Competition law 

Lamprecht, T ‘Bananas and public announcements: Defining the boundaries of anti-competitive information exchanges’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 450.

Credit law

Otto, JM, van Heerden, CM and Barnard, J ‘Redress in terms of the National Credit Act and the Consumer Protection Act for defective goods sold and financed in terms of an instalment agreement’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 247.

Intellectual property law

Lombard, M ‘A comparison of ambush marketing legislation in the United Kingdom and section 15A of the Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 416.
Tong, L ‘The effect of employee-authors’ moral rights on employer-owned copyright: Surviving article 6bis of the Berne Convention’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 212.

Judiciary

Okaluba, C ‘Delay in delivering judgment or a case of “washing” judicial “dirty linen in public”? Reflections on Myaka v S’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 106.

Labour law

Germishuys, W and Mcgregor M ‘The legal obligation to provide for employee-related contingent liabilities when an enterprise is sold as a going concern’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 436.
Grogan, J ‘Doctored CV’s – getting jobs under false pretenses’ (2014) October EL 13.
Grogan, J ‘Luck of the draw – Insubordinate bargaining’ (2014) October EL 3.
McGregor, M ‘Blowing the whistle on affirmative action: The future of affirmative action in South Africa (part 2)’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 282.
Pretorius, JL ‘The unresolved search for the proper standard of review of affirmative action: Solidarity obo Barnard v SAPS’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 128.
Vettori, S ‘New life for gender pay discrimination in South Africa’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 476.

Legal profession

Du Plessis, MA ‘Clinical legal education: The challenge of large student numbers’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 17. 
Holness, D ‘The need for recognition and regulation of paralegals: An analysis of the roles, training, remuneration and impact of community-based paralegals in South Africa’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 78. 

Procurement

Okpaluba, C ‘Bureaucratic bungling, deliberate misconduct and claims for pure economic loss in the tender process’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 387.

Succession law

Jamneck, J ‘Exclusion of liability in wills’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 21.
Lotter, M ‘Estate planning: The inclusion of the proceeds of a life policy when the accrual is calculated’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 38.  

Tax law 

Lotter, M ‘Estate planning: The inclusion of the proceeds of a life policy when the accrual is calculated’ (2013) 38.2 JJS 38. 
Oguttu, AW ‘Curbing income tax avoidance that results from cross-border leasing: A comparative overview with specific reference to South Africa’ (2014) 26.2 SA Merc LJ 338.
Open access law journals: 
• African Human Rights Law Journal:
www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/about-the-journal.html

• De Jure published by the University of Pretoria: www.dejure.up.ac.za/

• Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal: www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volumes 
 
• Journal for Juridical Science:  http://law.ufs.ac.za/templates/journals.aspx?edition=1191

• Law, Democracy & Development is the journal of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape: www.ldd.org.za/current-volume.html

• Speculum Juris: www.speculumjuris.co.za/articles

Open access websites: 

• www.lawsofsouthafrica.up.ac.za
• www.saflii.org	

Meryl Federl BA Higher Dipl Librarianship (Wits) is an archivist at the Johannesburg Bar Library in Sandton. E-mail: merylfederl@yahoo.co.uk

Please note that copies of the articles mentioned in this feature are not supplied by the author, but may be obtained from the publishers of the journals, or a law library.