Is Your Will Valid?
“Death knocks at all doors alike” (John Dunton 1692) Sooner or later we must leave our families to face life without us, and of course, theses are a particularly dangerous time for us all. Make sure that your own affairs […]
Read MoreProperty: Don’t Pay Double Commission!
“… in certain circumstances, the principal may be liable to pay commission to both agents where it is impossible to distinguish between the efforts of one agent and another in terms of causality or degrees of causation.” (Extract from judgment […]
Read MoreProperty: Green Shoots, Agent’s Commission and Fidelity Fund Certificates
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so by owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate” […]
Read MoreElectronic Signatures in Property and Other Transactions
“To sign a document means to authenticate that which stands for or is intended to represent the name of the person who is to authenticate” (quoted in the case below) We all know that verbal agreements, although fully binding for […]
Read MoreLockdown! Nuisance Neighbours and How to Handle Them
“You can be a good neighbour only if you have good neighbours” (Howard E. Koch) It looks as if we will still be under “restricted movement” orders for a while – even when we finally get down to Alert Level […]
Read MoreLeases, Contracts and COVID-19: What is Force Majeure?
The COVID-19 crisis has changed everything. Our personal lives have been upended and our businesses hit hard. And with many businesses operating out of leased premises, a great many landlords and tenants are asking themselves what happens if the crisis […]
Read MoreAre you a Legal Practitioner looking to travel during the Lockdown?
The judgment of Brauckmann AJ in the Mpumalanga High Court, delivered on 3 April 2020, exhibited the consequences that may follow any breach of the regulations and directives. It followed the hearing of an urgent application in that court, in […]
Read MoreCOVID-19 : Act of God, Force Majeure and Supervening Impossibility of Performance
No question, the lockdown precipitated by the covid-19 pandemic has seen a lot of people hastily trawling through contracts to figure out how to deal with the effect the lockdown in SA is having or is likely to have on […]
Read MoreEssential Services Certificate and Permit: What You Need to Know
During the ongoing national lockdown, only businesses that provide so-called essential services are allowed to trade. However, in order to operate, those businesses must apply for an Essential Service Certificate from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). In order […]
Read MoreRelief Measures for Small Businesses in South Africa
The Minister of Small Business Development, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, recently announced several relief mechanisms to aid businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent national lockdown. In an effort to alleviate the economic effects of the 21-day lockdown, the Department […]
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