Megan Rodgers was featured in the DealMakers Women 2024 Issue where she discussed her Career path.

Empowering women in tax as a catalyst for change

Listen in, as Howmera Parak and Puleng Mothabeng explore how increasing women's representation can drive encourage more women to pursue a career in tax and offer practical advice to young women aspiring to enter the profession.

Webinar recording | Retrenchment law turned on its head

Exploring the Trusts & Estates Practice

Director and Head of the Trusts & Estates Practice Gretchen Barkhuizen-Barbosa, together with Senior Associate Emily West on CDH Conversations podcast.

Transacting at arm’s length

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), in the recent case of Allied Steelrode (Pty) Ltd v Dreyer and Another ZASCA 181, set aside an order of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg, after it had concluded that a loan agreement entered into between parties who shared a close bond and where no interest was levied against the borrower, was subject to the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (NCA) and that a subsequent acknowledgement of debt (AOD) constituted a credit agreement under the NCA.

Customs and excise

Analysis of the Court of Appeal’s ruling regarding income tax waivers issued via Gazette Notices

On 17 February 2023, the High Court declared section 13(2) of the Income Tax Act (ITA), which grants the Cabinet Secretary power to exempt certain income from tax, to be unconstitutional. The section provides that the Minister may, by notice in the Kenya Gazette, exempt from tax any income or class of income which accrued in or was derived from Kenya. Our alert of 26 April 2023 accessible here [/en/news/publications/2023/Practice/Tax/tax-and-exchange-control-alert-26-High-Court-declares-the-power-to-issue-income-tax-exemptions-through-a-gazette-notice-unconstitutional.html#:~:text=The High Court on 17,from tax, to be unconstitutional] discusses the High Court’s judgment indetail.