Resources
Conveyancing Fees - June 2019
09 May 2019
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) recently published new Conveyancing Fees Guidelines which apply to instructions received as from 1 June 2019.Conveyancing Tables - June 2019
30 May 2019
The Conveyancing Tables have been updated to reflect the changes to the Recommended Guideline of Fees for conveyancing which came into effect on 01 June 2019.Landlord and Tenant
12 September 2019
Landlord and Tenant – Rights and Obligations by Dr Sayed Iqbal Mohamed is a very useful and welcome guide to the rights, duties and responsibilities landlords and tenants owe each other.No way Jose
19 September 2019
A verbal contract for the sale, exchange or donation of land, or of any “interest in land” – such as a right of way, is invalid – Jack Crook discusses a recent case.Terry v Solfafa
19 September 2019
A desperate attempt to avoid the consequences of accepting an OTP, based on only one spouse having signed the OTP, and a ‘successful sale’ of property meaning its ‘registration of transfer’.Preferential marketing agreements
26 September 2019
Deon Welz discusses a recent SCA decision regarding HOAs granting preferential marketing rights to estate agencies in return for a percentage of the sales value of the property.Registration a necessity
26 September 2019
Jack Crook covers two recent Supreme Court of Appeal cases which deal with specific types of home builder but are a timely reminder to all builders to comply with the HCPMA Act.Binding options
10 October 2019
An option relating to an offer for the sale of land need not be in writing, but the offer itself must have been reduced to writing when the option was granted, for it to be binding.Error in persona
24 October 2019
Buyers misrepresentation of true identity: a material mistake (error in persona), resulting in a null and void sale because of no ‘real agreement’ or consensus to pass transfer.Sandvliet
21 November 2019
Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 – s 6(2)(dA) – meaning of ‘reside’: depends on facts of each case and includes use of a graveyard historically used by a family.
