General
Resolving disputes
03 May 2018
Jack Crook discusses the advantages for landlords and tenants in using the Rental Housing Tribunal to settle their residential housing disputes.Early lease cancellation
21 June 2018
Jack Crook gives insights and explains your rights in terms of the lease itself and under the Consumer Protection Act as to what happens if you cancel your lease early.Pre-emptive rights
21 June 2018
Rosanne Kinder discusses Makone v Tassos in which the Constitutional Court held that a lessees pre-emptive rights continue when a contract is extended on expiry.Escaping surety
12 July 2018
Jack Crook discusses a recent High Court decision which illustrates one of the very restricted circumstances in which you may be able to escape from a suretyship you signed yourself into.The application of Regulation 44A
23 August 2018
Dudley Lee highlights the reason for Section 15A and regulation 44A of the DRA - to relieve Registrars of Deeds of certain responsibilities and examiners should keep that in mind.Facts and myths
07 September 2018
John Christie discusses S 87 and S 88 of the DRA as distinct to S 21 of the MPA when applying for the registration or execution and registration of an ANC.A fork in the road
13 September 2018
Tim Pearce argues in the August De Rebus that it is time to put a 'Stop' sign to the growing misconception that all roads in private gated communities are public roads.An action plan
20 September 2018
Jack Crook gives some useful tips about the costs, processes and legal aspects about buying a home.Have your say
26 September 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform is inviting written comments and oral submissions on the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill.Customary Law estate transfers
04 October 2018
Wiseman Bhuqa discusses Deeds Office practices around the transfer of land ownership in a deceased estate of a person married in terms of customary law.
