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GENERAL - S 18(3) sales – a response - Section 18(3) sales - Company law update LINKS - Links (A - H) - Links (I - Y) INTERNATIONAL - Solicitors stress - Innovative insurance NCA NEWS - Consumer Protection Bill - KYC fees - Waiver of exceptions - Clobbering - NCA Q's and A's: Credit providers - II IT & THE LAWYER - Move to technology - Citation index - The future E-CONVEYANCING - Impasse broken - One giant leap - Two is better than one PEOPLE & NEWS - Budget 2010 - Rates clearance closure - Eversheds - Enforcement TABLES OF COSTS - Conveyancing Tables - July 2009 - Apportionment of fees LAW REPORTS - Executable properties - Pappalardo SECTIONAL TITLES - Reserving the right - Similarities and differences - Paddocks Press – January 2010 WEB BYTES - Web Bytes 274 - Web Bytes 273 - Web Bytes 272 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT - Risk Management in Your Legal Business - Building blocks - Continuous learning STATISTICS - Figures - Survey II - Transfer duty collections - Pietermaritzburg - D O backlog statistics BOOKS - The Practitioner's Guide (second edition) - The ABC of Conveyancing     GENERAL S 18(3) sales – a response Thabo Nqhome does not subscribe to the view contained in last week's article Section 18 (3) sales. More... LAW REPORTS Executable properties Firstrand Bank Ltd v Maleke and Three Similar Cases 2010 (1) SA 143 (GSJ) - National Credit Act: Declaring immovable properties executable. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 274 This week: FNB February house price index, SA 24th on property rights index, and the growing need to buy a smaller home. More... LINKS Links (I - Y) The rapidly growing page of hyperlinks to attorneys firms' websites has grown into two pages. More... LAW REPORTS Pappalardo Pappalardo v Hau - neighbour law, drainage of rainwater, whether lower owner has to accept water from higher owner's property. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Building blocks Business development is a necessary skill which can be learnt like any other, writes Steve Herzberg. More... GENERAL Tax window transfers Bobby Bertrand of Bowman Gilfillan, Cape Town, has reservations about the suggested causae published last week. More... PEOPLE & NEWS Budget 2010 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's first budget speech had very little in it for the property sector. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 272 This week: Fixed investment update, banks cautious on 100% bonds, and South Africa's best property returns. More... GENERAL Causa for CC Allen West gives an example of the causa to be used when transferring property from a CC to its members in terms of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 17 of 2009. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Continuous learning Attorney firms must encourage staff members to learn continuously otherwise they risk being left behind writes Kuben Naidoo. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 271 This week: Praise for Aus e-conveyancing initiative, sectional title overcrowding, and auctions - the next decade. More... GENERAL Chief Registrar's Circulars 11 - 13/2009 Chief Registrar's Circulars No.11 to13 of 2009 - Changes of name of Mittal Steel, Interfusion Finance and the transfer of Mercantile Bank Assets. More... SECTIONAL TITLES Paddocks Press – January 2010 The January free digital newsletter for the sectional title community has been published. More... GENERAL Causal or abstract? Wiseman Bhuqa unpacks the differences between the causal and abstract theories relating to the transfer of ownership of immovable property. More... E-CONVEYANCING Impasse broken The impasse which threatened the development of a national e-conveyancing system in Australia has been broken. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 269 This week: FNB comment on the interest rate decision, trustees rights, and how to avoid property tax by getting more wives. More... E-CONVEYANCING Two is better than one WinDeed has introduced Experian credit bureau searches in addition to the existing TransUnion searches. More... E-CONVEYANCING One giant leap Scotland is ready to show the world how to do e-registration, as ARTL's official launch last month reminded us. More... GENERAL Questions posed Attorneys pose questions around the interpretation of para 51(2)(c) of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act and matters germane thereto. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Sum of its parts A legal practice is more than the sum of its parts writes Kuben Naidoo, and understanding them can drive change in your legal practice. More... GENERAL The year that was 2009 As the year winds down, we cast our eyes over a number of the big conveyancing stories which we covered in 2009. More... GENERAL Rule 63 reply to question Charles Pearson agrees with Kevin Schaafsma when considering the requirements of the provisions of Rule 63(1). More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 266 This week: Household financial conditions, an insatiable appetite for property and the building sector is not out of the woods. More... GENERAL Transfer duty memorandum An update of last week's memorandum from SARS setting out the relevant documentation needed to be submitted to when applying for a section 9(20) exemption. More... GENERAL Centre for Conveyancing Practice The Centre for Conveyancing Practice offers a number of courses in conveyancing and notarial practice for attorneys, candidate attorneys, conveyancing secretaries and typists. More... GENERAL Two questions Salomé van Wyk has two questions for readers. The first is on moratorium transfers, the second on Rule 63 of the High Court Rules. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Support staff training In 2010 L.E.A.D, will offer training to increase staff's skills and productivity in a number of subjects. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 264 This week: Streamline wins court case, FNB House Price Index, and 2010 impact to be long-term. More... GENERAL 2010 Conveyancing seminars Allen West is to present seminars around the country on new developments in conveyancing for 2010. More... GENERAL Conference Resolutions 2009 Over 70 resolutions were passed at the 2009 Registrars' Conference held recently. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 263 This week: Property24 wins, Levitt is no longer a property bear, and a rate cut is unlikely. More... GENERAL Appointment of an administrator - response Thabo Nqhome responds to Allen West in his discussion of the appointment of an administrator vis-à-vis a curator. More... GENERAL Conference Resolutions 08(2) George Tsotetsi continues in his discussion of twenty two of the seventy resolutions taken at the 2008 Registrars Conference. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Risk Management in Your Legal Business Matthew Spagnoletti analyses and suggests solutions to a few of the common risks that all attorneys should be managing in their legal business on a daily basis. More... INTERNATIONAL Solicitors stress UK - More and more solicitors are speaking out against their colleagues who effectively 'bribe' estate agents to give them conveyancing work by paying them referral fees. More... LINKS Links (A - H) A rapidly growing page of hyperlinks to attorneys firms' websites - for free. More... GENERAL Section 18(3) sales Margaret Meyer discusses the sale of fixed property in terms of Section 18(3) of the Administration of Estates Act. More... GENERAL Company law update Prof Anneli Loubser will be presenting a workshop on the major changes to corporate law following the Companies Act coming into force during 2010. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 273 This week: CPI and Eskom tariff hikes, 500 000 shacks to be upgraded, and SARB Leading Indicator. More... GENERAL Two more Antoinné van Deventer answers two more questions, about same sex partners and trusts with regard to Section 9(20) transfers. More... INTERNATIONAL Innovative insurance Kirthimala Gunasekera writes about Sri Lanka's innovative conveyancing methods, insurance schemes and guarantee funds. More... GENERAL Chief Registrar's Circular 1/2010 Chief Registrar's Circular No.1 of 2010 - Cancellation of registration of a lost or destroyed bond. More... SECTIONAL TITLES Reserving the right Alexandré Lombaard looks at reserving the right to extend in terms of s 25(6A), RCR 45/2007 and the position of "developers" of portions of the real right. More... GENERAL Pmb Registrar's Circular 1/2010 Pietermaritzburg Registrar's Circular No.1 of 2010 - Implementation of Registrars' Conference Resolutions of 2009. More... SECTIONAL TITLES Similarities and differences Graham Paddock looks at the similarities and differences between sectional title schemes and home owners' associations. More... INTERNATIONAL The Torrens system Kirthimala Gunasekera writes that the ultimate success of the registration system depends on the professionalism and ethics of the conveyancing professionals. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 270 This week: FNB January House Price Index, don't renege on contracts, three property investment styles and a note on the section 9(20). More... LAW REPORTS Hoofar Hoofar Investments (Pty) Ltd - Duty of seller to pay municipal rates and charges. More... INTERNATIONAL A tighter rein Roger Tan comments on a recent Malaysian ruling which makes it more difficult for thieves and conmen to fraudulently transfer land. More... GENERAL More clarity Antoinné van Deventer provides clarity to some confusion following her answer to the first question in Questions posed last week. More... SECTIONAL TITLES Paddocks Press – December 09 The December free digital newsletter for the sectional title community has been published. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 268 This week: FNB building and fixed investment statistics, the effect of social media on the property industry, and legal writing workshops. More... GENERAL What will 2010 hold? As is the habit at this time of year many of us tend to indulge in a degree of crystal ball gazing. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 267 This week: FNB House Price Index, it is still bad, but get some tips, and estate agents give their views on what to expect in 2010. More... GENERAL Moratorium questions answered Antoinné van Deventer of Sars answers a question posed by Donald Moore and others about the practical application of the Section 9(20) Exemption. More... GENERAL Mineral rights holder Sydney Mekwe looks at the dilemma faced by examiners with regard to mineral rights holders and the surface rights to the land. More... GENERAL Section 9(20) exemption Antoinne van Deventer of SARS provides a detailed look at transactions in terms of s9(20) of the Transfer Duty Act - transfers from Companies or trusts. More... GENERAL Rule 63 reply Kevin Schaafsma replies to the query in Two Questions last week about the point of Rule 63 authentications. More... WEB BYTES Web Bytes 265 This week: Eskom and other home cost effects, Absa house price indices, and tenants must avoid distressed landlords. More... GENERAL Information brochures LSSA flyers on "Buying or Selling a House" and "Deceased Estates" are available to attorneys for marketing purposes - in five languages. More... INTERNATIONAL Home reports work Home reports have not hindered the Scottish housing market, Scotland's chartered surveyors have claimed. More... PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Bills of costs made easy GhostPractice has the only truly functional "Draft Bills of Costs" generator which offers a way out of the nightmare of drafting a Bill of Costs. More... GENERAL Moratorium transfers A brief warning from Donald Moore to conveyancers dealing with CGT moratorium transfers and the necessity of a special resolution. More... PEOPLE & NEWS Rates clearance closure Details of the Cape Town Rates Clearance offices opening times over the festive season. More... GENERAL Conference Resolutions 08(3) George Tsotetsi ends his discussion of twenty two of the seventy resolutions taken at the 2008 Registrars Conference. More... GENERAL Discretion of registrars The LSSA Property Law Committee supports the discretion of registrars and their comments on the Sectional Titles Bill. More... Note that the information in this web site and or links, is provided for information purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal advice. It is supplied subject to our legal disclaimer. Search the Digest t t Your Contribution Send us your articles news and views