Rebecca Jansch

Medical Schemes' Right to Privacy Tapered in Favour of Registrar's Powers of Inspection

South Africa - October 25 2016 Section 44 of the Medical Schemes Act empowers the Registrar of Medical Schemes to order an inspection of a scheme where he is of the opinion that…

Twin Peaks - The Financial Services Sector - Pension Law Update

South Africa - September 6 2016 A snapshot of the financial services sector in 2015 demonstrates its importance in the South African economy illustrating that financial institutions…

"Umbrella Funds": Happy to Subsidise Others?

South Africa - July 8 2016 Umbrella funds have typically attempted to draft their rules so that the assets and liabilities of members in each sub-fund will be ring-fenced from…

Tshepo Munene

Treatment of Member's Contributions Toward Medical Savings Accounts

South Africa - June 6 2016 In the case of Registrar of Medical Schemes & another v Genesis Medical Scheme, the court had to consider whether or not the contribution by members…