Signing a Commercial Lease? Here Are Four Clauses You Should Negotiate First
If you are a business owner or corporate tenant looking at commercial space in South Africa, chances are the landlord handed you a contract filled with dense legalese and framed as “standard”. Here is the truth: there is no such thing as a standard commercial lease. Unlike renting a home, where the Consumer Protection Act […]
Arbitration Clauses in Commercial Contracts: Enforceable or a Trap?
When two businesses sign a contract, they rarely think about what happens if things go wrong. Buried in the boilerplate, an arbitration clause can quietly redirect any future dispute away from the courts and into a private process governed by a different set of rules. Sometimes that works in both parties’ favour. Sometimes it does […]