Philip Pla

Does Business Rescue Effectively Provide for Efficient Rescue and Recovery of Financially Distressed Companies?

An Assessment of Whether Business Rescue Effectively Provides for the Efficient Rescue and Recovery of Financially Distressed Companies in a Manner That Balances the Rights and Interests of All Relevant Stakeholders While the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the South African economy will likely only truly be felt once the world has completely […]

Commercial LawPhilip Pla

An Assessment of Whether Business Rescue Effectively Provides for the Efficient Rescue and Recovery of Financially Distressed Companies in a Manner That Balances the Rights and Interests of All Relevant Stakeholders

While the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the South African economy will likely only truly be felt once the world has completely triumphed over the tragedy of the pandemic, many businesses have unfortunately already succumbed under the pressure of the restrictive trading conditions imposed by the national executive with a view to combating […]

Commercial LawPhilip Pla

Trade Mark Squatters Target the Washington Redskins’ Name-Change Process

Facing mounting pressure from major retailers and the public, the Washington Redskins NFL franchise finally announced that it will be retiring its controversial Redskins name and logo. The team’s name has been widely contested, with a decades-long campaign from Native American groups, describing it as a “dictionary-defined racial slur”. While the possibility of a team […]

Intellectual PropertyPhilip PlaTrade Marks

AWARD RECOGNISES TRAILBLAZING JEWELLERY DESIGN COMPANY

Pichulik’s ‘bold jewellery, bold women’ recipe garners Maker to Market Award

Intellectual PropertyMariëtte du PlessisPhilip Pla