General
Conveyancer's responsibility
28 August 2014
It is the conveyancer's legal responsibility to protect the interests of the purchaser and the seller when answering the question: "For whom does the conveyancer act?"Preventing delays
28 August 2014
Ulrik Strandvik recommends a number of steps for sellers to implement and bear in mind in order to prevent delays in transferring property which they have sold.Legality of rates on EUAs -II
04 September 2014
Donald Moore raises a number of points and argues that the trick is to make sure the values are correct and object to the valuation in the valuation roll if the values are wrong.Did you know - VI?
11 September 2014
Allen West continues with more conveyancing facts about inter alia Notarial tie agreements; lost or destroyed rules of a scheme; and untraceable bondholders.Debtor substitution
25 September 2014
Some clarity in the legal debate about the application and interpretation of the provisions of section 57 of the Deeds Registries Act regarding the substitution of a debtor.Urban Development Zones
25 September 2014
Graeme Palmer discusses the requirements, nature and benefits of the Urban Development Zone tax incentives which have been extended from March 2014 to March 2020.Purchasers protected
02 October 2014
Denoon Sampson highlights little known amendments to s 118 of the Municipal Systems Act that protect purchasers from being sued for the sellers’ municipal debt.Liquidation of COs and CCs
16 October 2014
Allen West draws attention to the liquidation of companies and close corporations and the lodgement of bonds for disposal in terms of s 56(1)(b) of the Deeds Registries Act.Contingent Usufructs
23 October 2014
Allen West discusses the registerability of contingent usufructs and related matters including their effect on transfer and mortgage, multiple holders and concurrent usufructs,Cession of personal servitudes
30 October 2014
Allen West gives his opinion on the dilemma faced by registrars of deeds over whether the cession of personal servitudes are capable of being registered.
