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-S 18(3) sales – a response
-Section 18(3) sales
-Company law update
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IT & THE LAWYER
-Move to technology
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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
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LINKS
Links (I - Y)
The rapidly growing page of hyperlinks to attorneys firms' websites has grown into two pages.
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LAW REPORTS
Pappalardo
Pappalardo v Hau - neighbour law, drainage of rainwater, whether lower owner has to accept water from higher owner's property.
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Building blocks
Business development is a necessary skill which can be learnt like any other, writes Steve Herzberg.
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GENERAL
Tax window transfers
Bobby Bertrand of Bowman Gilfillan, Cape Town, has reservations about the suggested causae published last week.
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PEOPLE & NEWS
Budget 2010
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's first budget speech had very little in it for the property sector.
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WEB BYTES
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This week: Fixed investment update, banks cautious on 100% bonds, and South Africa's best property returns.
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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.
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Continuous learning
Attorney firms must encourage staff members to learn continuously otherwise they risk being left behind writes Kuben Naidoo.
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WEB BYTES
Web Bytes 271
This week: Praise for Aus e-conveyancing initiative, sectional title overcrowding, and auctions - the next decade.
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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.
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SECTIONAL TITLES
Paddocks Press – January 2010
The January free digital newsletter for the sectional title community has been published.
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GENERAL
Causal or abstract?
Wiseman Bhuqa unpacks the differences between the causal and abstract theories relating to the transfer of ownership of immovable property.
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E-CONVEYANCING
Impasse broken
The impasse which threatened the development of a national e-conveyancing system in Australia has been broken.
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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.
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E-CONVEYANCING
Two is better than one
WinDeed has introduced Experian credit bureau searches in addition to the existing TransUnion searches.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GENERAL
Rule 63 reply to question
Charles Pearson agrees with Kevin Schaafsma when considering the requirements of the provisions of Rule 63(1).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WEB BYTES
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This week: Streamline wins court case, FNB House Price Index, and 2010 impact to be long-term.
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GENERAL
2010 Conveyancing seminars
Allen West is to present seminars around the country on new developments in conveyancing for 2010.
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GENERAL
Conference Resolutions 2009
Over 70 resolutions were passed at the 2009 Registrars' Conference held recently.
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WEB BYTES
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This week: Property24 wins, Levitt is no longer a property bear, and a rate cut is unlikely.
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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.
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GENERAL
Conference Resolutions 08(2)
George Tsotetsi continues in his discussion of twenty two of the seventy resolutions taken at the 2008 Registrars Conference.
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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.
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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.
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LINKS
Links (A - H)
A rapidly growing page of hyperlinks to attorneys firms' websites - for free.
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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.
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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.
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WEB BYTES
Web Bytes 273
This week: CPI and Eskom tariff hikes, 500 000 shacks to be upgraded, and SARB Leading Indicator.
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GENERAL
Two more
Antoinné van Deventer answers two more questions, about same sex partners and trusts with regard to Section 9(20) transfers.
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INTERNATIONAL
Innovative insurance
Kirthimala Gunasekera writes about Sri Lanka's innovative conveyancing methods, insurance schemes and guarantee funds.
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GENERAL
Chief Registrar's Circular 1/2010
Chief Registrar's Circular No.1 of 2010 - Cancellation of registration of a lost or destroyed bond.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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LAW REPORTS
Hoofar
Hoofar Investments (Pty) Ltd - Duty of seller to pay municipal rates and charges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WEB BYTES
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GENERAL
Rule 63 reply
Kevin Schaafsma replies to the query in Two Questions last week about the point of Rule 63 authentications.
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WEB BYTES
Web Bytes 265
This week: Eskom and other home cost effects, Absa house price indices, and tenants must avoid distressed landlords.
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GENERAL
Information brochures
LSSA flyers on "Buying or Selling a House" and "Deceased Estates" are available to attorneys for marketing purposes - in five languages.
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INTERNATIONAL
Home reports work
Home reports have not hindered the Scottish housing market, Scotland's chartered surveyors have claimed.
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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.
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GENERAL
Moratorium transfers
A brief warning from Donald Moore to conveyancers dealing with CGT moratorium transfers and the necessity of a special resolution.
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PEOPLE & NEWS
Rates clearance closure
Details of the Cape Town Rates Clearance offices opening times over the festive season.
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GENERAL
Conference Resolutions 08(3)
George Tsotetsi ends his discussion of twenty two of the seventy resolutions taken at the 2008 Registrars Conference.
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GENERAL
Discretion of registrars
The LSSA Property Law Committee supports the discretion of registrars and their comments on the Sectional Titles Bill.
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