Convey
Horrors of bad web design
02 July 2003
Your firm's website can harm your reputation. Attorney and web designer Peter Boyd identifies 17 of the horrors your firm should avoid to achieve the quality of a professional website.Sectional title and hot water
02 July 2003
Keeping a cool head over hot water on Property24 discusses the single exception to the general rule that a section owner is responsible for anything situated within the section and the body corporate is responsible for anything situated on the common property.Notes on the Financial Intelligence Centre Act
02 July 2003
Derryn Pearson of Cliffe Dekker Inc. looks at the implications of this act and the obligations it imposes on attorneys. She also touches on its applicability to conveyancing attorneys and the issue of attorney client confidentiality.WinXfer Plus
09 July 2003
WinXfer Plus is a useful bulk search tool for property transfers. It is used by amongst others financial institutions, mortgage originators and estate agencies to retrieve information from the deeds office about South African property sales.Transfer duty test case
09 July 2003
Mike Nolan, in a letter in the July De Rebus, argues for a test case to challenge the SA Revenue Service (SARS) over the sale of a beneficial interest in a property owning trust.Nedbank's reasons for bond refusal application
09 July 2003
Following last week's report on the first court application against a bank since the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 became law, we look at the reasons given by Nedbank for refusing access to the information.New Estate Agent Affairs Board appointed
09 July 2003
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alec Erwin, has announced the appointment of the new Estate Agent Affairs Board, the composition of which is intended to reflect the concerns and interests of all South Africans.The position of personal servitude holders in forced sales
09 July 2003
Allen West, writing in the July 2003 De Rebus endeavours to set the record straight with regard to sales in insolvency and sales in execution, where the holder of a personal servitude has waived preference of his right in favour of a bond which was registered subsequent to the personal servitude.House of horrors
16 July 2003
Since conveyancing generates much work it is not surprising that this area of the law bears the brunt of negligence claims against solicitors. As Chris Baker explains in an article in the Law Gazette entitled Inside the house of horrors, using some simple risk management procedures can reduce these claims.Extensions to sections
16 July 2003
Rolf Gerke, writing in the July 2003 edition of De Rebus, explains his interpretation of the application of s 24(6)(d) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 in the light of Registrar's Conference Resolution 31 of 2002.
