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Property Rates bill criticism - from farmers
21 May 2003
The proposed Property Rates Bill will reduce agricultural land values and ultimately threaten food security in SA and the region, according to the Business Day of 16 May.Deeds Registries Amendment Act
28 May 2003
The Deeds Registries Amendment Act 9 of 2003 has been published and came into operation on 30 April.Bond market statistics for 2002
28 May 2003
According to the latest Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin, of the R123 billion worth of new mortgage loans and advances granted by the banks last year, R86,7 billion were to fund the purchase of 'dwellings and flats'.IT the law and the future
28 May 2003
Richard Susskind, described in an interview as the "new media guru" and "the most accurate of futurologists", has a vision for the future of technology and the legal profession that is both alarming and compelling.Rates Bill jitters
28 May 2003
Homeowners, estate agents and the agricultural and communal land sectors have raised fears about the Property Rates Bill. These fears may be unfounded, according to Yunus Carrim, chairman of Parliament's Provincial and Local Government Committee.Processing IT
28 May 2003
In an article in the Law Gazette on 21 March, Charles Christian advises solicitors on the best ways to keep up with the rapidly changing technology market and the benefits that such developments can bring to firms.Designing an effective internet strategy for law firms
04 June 2003
New models of service delivery will lead to overall improvement in service value and might also create new revenue streams for law firms, according to an article published on the Singaporean Law Gazette site.Going it alone
11 June 2003
In Going it alone in the Law Gazette, Jeremy Fleming looks at the increasing pressures sole practitioners in England face following plans by the Law Society to relax practice rule 4, thereby allowing employed solicitors to offer their services to the public.Landonline
11 June 2003
On-line lodgment of survey plans and routine title dealings via the Internet is now a reality in New Zealand with the start of Landonline Stage Two. Coupled with online searching of New Zealand's authoritative land title and survey database, the electronic lodgment now being piloted is a world first.Levy clearance certificate guidelines
11 June 2003
A useful link to guidelines issued by the Cape Law Society. This was occasioned by complaints lodged by managing agents who administer sectional title schemes on behalf of bodies corporate, against conveyancers who attend to the transfer of sectional title units.
