Sep 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
If you live in a “community scheme” such as a residential security estate, you probably access the Internet and make calls via either ADSL or fibre, with the necessary cabling running in underground ducting installed by the developer. Unless your complex is brand...
Sep 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
It’s a growing problem – with our aging population comes a steady increase in the number of older people developing dementia and other incapacitating mental conditions. How as a family member or caregiver can you help? How as a person approaching old age can you plan...
Sep 27, 2019 | Newsletter |
Landlord vs tenant disputes can quickly escalate into protracted and expensive litigation, and as a landlord you may be tempted to take the law into your own hands by changing locks, cutting electricity etc. We analyse our law in that regard, explain what a...
Sep 9, 2019 | Newsletter |
Whether you are a residential property developer, building your own house, or the builder/contractor employed to build it, understand how vital it is to comply with the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act and its requirements of registering with, and paying...
Sep 9, 2019 | Newsletter |
The deal between employer and employee boils down to this: “I agree to pay you in return for the work you do for me”, and an employee whose work performance is inadequate by definition breaches that deal. Does that give you as employer the right to dismiss your...
Sep 9, 2019 | Newsletter |
As movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn is said to have put it “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”. The problem with oral agreements is that they are open to misinterpretation, doubt, dispute and outright fraudulent denial. Rather record and...
Sep 9, 2019 | Newsletter |
A properly drawn and executed will (your “Last Will and Testament”) is the only way for you to ensure that your loved ones are properly looked after once you are gone. Perhaps most importantly, only by making your own will can you specify who is to inherit what from...
Aug 20, 2019 | Newsletter |
Your “strong” court case is worth nothing without the hard evidence to support it. What if that vital evidence is in the hands of the enemy, and you have every reason to believe that it will be destroyed or spirited away before trial? Fear not, our law has a powerful...
Aug 20, 2019 | Newsletter |
Is your bank entitled to clean out your current account’s credit balance – with neither notice to you nor your permission – to settle a separate debt you owe it? Banks have always argued that they are allowed to do exactly that in terms of our common law principle of...
Aug 20, 2019 | Newsletter |
This may be a good time to take Mark Twain’s advice to “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore”. When you find a property you like the looks of, just check upfront whether there is anyone currently in occupation. If there is, be sure to take legal advice on the...
