Feb 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
What happens when a trust’s trustees fall out and go to war with each other? If a polite request to the minority trustee to resign bears no fruit, can the majority forcibly remove him or her? And if so, must they have good reason to do so? First question of course is...
Feb 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
We live our lives beset by so many laws and regulations that even the most law-abiding of citizens will sooner or later be accused of some petty offence or other and then faced with the question “Do I fight this in court or do I just pay the fine and get on with it?”...
Feb 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
If you plan to buy a house before the property market starts to recover from its present doldrums, be aware of the risks you face if anyone is currently in the property. A recent High Court decision illustrates the danger of your being unable to evict unwelcome...
Jan 31, 2019 | Newsletter |
It’s an all-too-common problem these days. You, or perhaps someone else you are trying to help, want to buy property before prices start ticking up, and are lucky enough to find the right entry-level house at the right price. But you (or they) just can’t afford it....
Jan 31, 2019 | Newsletter |
Having to write off bad debt is one thing – having to pay in even more money for the privilege is just adding insult to injury. Yet that is exactly the danger you face if one of your debtors is sequestrated or liquidated (we start off by explaining the different...
Jan 31, 2019 | Newsletter |
The last thing you want in any property transfer is any more delay and cost than is already built into the process. Unhappily, that is exactly what is in store if the property’s original title deed is for any reason not to hand. Whether it has been lost or destroyed,...
Jan 26, 2019 | Newsletter |
Of course the police deserve all our support in their efforts to rid South Africa of the scourge of illegal firearms – there’s an estimated 2.3m of them out there! What happens though if, as a legal gun owner, you have for some reason allowed your firearms licence to...
Jan 26, 2019 | Newsletter |
It seems ridiculous if you are just making a once-off loan to a friend or relative that you might have to register as a credit provider in terms of the National Credit Act, but that’s the import of a new Supreme Court of Appeal decision. We discuss what happens if you...
Jan 26, 2019 | Newsletter |
If cowboy Will Rogers’ practical advice “Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait” has you looking for a property to buy this Festive Season, don’t miss out on an invaluable source of relevant information – the title deed. What you find in the title deed of your...
Jan 26, 2019 | Newsletter |
Property development can be a profitable business, but it also carries substantial risks. One of those is cash flow problems – get your projections wrong and you could face serious financial trouble. So it’s important you know of the recent SCA decision about a R1.9m...
