Law Reports
Your house in a trust
30 April 2015
The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment of WT and Others v KT illustrates what happens if your home is registered in the name of a trust and you get divorced.Randburg Management District
22 October 2015
Randburg Management District v West Dunes: Gauteng CID Act 12 of 1997 - levies imposed by a city improvement district not validly formed are not recoverable.Ellis
05 November 2015
Ellis and Another v Cilliers N.O and Others: Latent defects and the voetstoots clause, interpretation and application thereof.Mounthaven (Pty) Ltd
19 November 2015
Ethekwini Municipality v Mounthaven(Pty) Ltd: a reversion clause concerning a failure to erect a building is a "debt" which prescribes if not acted upon by the seller.Quartermark Investments
06 February 2014
Quartermark - Sale of immovable property which is induced by fraud is null and void if there is no intention on the part of the owner to transfer ownership despite registration.Kingswood Golf Estate
27 February 2014
Jack Crook highlights that buyers and sellers are bound by the written sale agreement and no evidence may be given of its terms except the document itself.Stronger demolition remedy
27 March 2014
Dyecomber (Pty) Ltd underlines the growing readiness of courts to order demolition of any building work carried out without approved plans (or otherwise unlawfully).Basfour
17 April 2014
Basfour 2994 v Registrar of Deeds: Free State Townships Ordinance 9 of 1969 - registration of deeds of transfer in respect of erven sold subject to suspensive conditions.Habitat Council
17 April 2014
Min of Local Govt v Habitat Council: Land Use Planning Ordinance 15 of 1985 - all zoning and subdivision decisions lie within the competence of municipalities.The mother of disputes
29 May 2014
A recent High Court case highlights the dangers of cohabiting without entering into a formal cohabitation agreement, particularly when substantial assets are acquired jointly.