Wild West liquidations sector in dire need of a good sheriff Aug 30, 2004
"The method in which appointments are made creates fertile ground for fraud and corruption," said David Burdette, a professor in the department of mercantile law at the University of Pretoria. The master of the high court of Pretoria, Nonkoliso Sigcau, said more than half the applications to act as provisional liquidator following a liquidation order being granted by the court were fraudulent. (Business Report, South Africa)
YEAR 2003: THE JUDICIARY UNDER ATTACK Dec 29, 2003
On the other hand, Davide's accusers in the House said there was nothing political about the impeachment complaint and that nobody ' not even the chief justice - should be above the law. Davide said he had to "wage war" against those pushing for his ouster from the tribunal for the sake of the judiciary, the last bulwark of democracy and the guardian of the rule of law (Philippine Headline News, Philippines)
He sees it as a 12-year undertaking Dec 29, 2003
He also received two distinctions in Afrikaans second language, standard grade, and mercantile law, lower grade. His other subjects include needlework, English, geography, art and business economics (The Star, Africa)
Sars has got it wrong over nominee transactions Dec 9, 2003
Seeff has drawn the attention to an article in a law journal which argues that the SA Revenue Service (Sars) has misinterpreted section 16 of the Transfer Duty Act 40 of 1949 in respect of nominee transactions. The article appeared in the October issue of Bulletin, the monthly journal of the University of Port Elizabeth's Bureau for Mercantile Law (Independent Online, South Africa)
It's final: No retake Oct 16, 2003
THE SUPREME COURT has not acted on a petition that recent bar examinees be made to retake their tests on Mercantile Law after a leakage of exam questions. Instead, the court announced the distribution of Mercantile Law's 15 percent weight to the seven other bar subjects (Philippines Daily News, Philippines)
to investigate bar leakage Oct 16, 2003
SC bares leak in bar exams, resets mercantile law test* (Sept. In an en banc resolution, the high court appointed retired associate justice Carolina Aquino to head the team, with fellow retired justices Jose Melo and Vicente Mendoza as members, lawyer Conrad Tolentino, a director at the Supreme Court Public Information Office said in a telephone interview (Philippines Daily News, Philippines)
US ANNOUNCED AID AND SUPPORT FOR RP JUDICIAL REFORMS Oct 16, 2003
The USAID, in partnership with the Asia Law Initiative of the American Bar Association (ABA), will work with the Philippine Supreme Court, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the University of the Philippines Law Faculty in improving many areas of the judiciary. This includes legal training for young Filipino lawyers and facilitating discussions on ethical issues in the Philippine bar and legal issues on terrorism (Philippine Headline News, Philippines)
Pupil sets his sights on 20 distinctions Oct 14, 2003
He wrote his first matric subject, mercantile law, while still in grade 10. The 15 subjects he writes this year are Afrikaans, English, maths, additional maths, accounting, physical science, business economics, biblical studies, travel and tourism, criminology, law of criminal procedure and evidence, South African criminal law, legislative law, functional maths and commercial maths (Daily News, Africa)
