Law Reports
Moosa v Harnaker
21 September 2017
An overdue decision: s2C(1) Wills Act: definition of a surviving spouse includes spouses in marriages concluded according to Muslim rites – Constitutional Court to confirm.Bondev
05 October 2017
Bondev: Conditions in title deeds for property to be re-transferred back to a developer in certain circumstances are personal, not real rights, capable of prescription.Don't touch my ducting
12 October 2017
Jack Crook discusses a recent case about a dispute involving an HOA as to whether or not Telkom was obliged to share its ducting facilities for fibre with Vodacom.Mokone v Tassos Properties
02 November 2017
Is a pre-emptive right in a written lease renewed automatically when it's extended, and if so does it need to comply with the formalities of the Alienation of Land Act?Closing down the guesthouse
09 November 2017
Jack Crook discusses a recent case in which disgruntled neighbours approached the courts to have a neighbouring guesthouse closed down.Wierda Road
14 December 2017
Lease: National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act – lease agreement not invalid and unenforceable by ss (4)(1) and 14(1), read with s 4(4) and s 14(4)(a) of the Act.Secure your commission
04 February 2016
Jack Crook discusses a case where it was held that FCCs must be issued in the name of the relevant Co or CC and another which underscored clarifying "trading as".The S118(3) Monster - I
11 February 2016
Peter Livanos has some sound advice for sellers with outstanding municipal debts following the recent judgment of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v PJ Mitchell.The S118(3) Monster - II
18 February 2016
Chantelle Gladwin discusses the implications (but not the correctness of) the Supreme Court of Appeal decision in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v PJ Mitchell.Object properly
31 March 2016
Jack Crook discusses a recent High Court case that shows the danger of neglecting to give sufficient detail about a property when objecting to its municipal valuation.
