The risks involved in building on the property without approved building plans for the structures came to the forefront again in the Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal Division High Court case of Hibiscus […]
Nature of joint ownership: Joint owners own undivided shares in the property which they own jointly. Consequently, the joint owners cannot divide the joint property while the joint ownership remains […]
If your tenant has failed to pay his or her rent, it can be tempting to simply kick them out yourself and change the locks. However, do so would be […]
The biggest investment (and most costly) in most people’s life is probably property. For some this can be a complicated and confusing legal transaction. Selling your property is just as […]
Unless the sheriff of the court has evicted you, you should remain right where you are. If anyone else carries out an eviction, it constitutes an unlawful eviction according to […]
Rouwkoop is a common law concept that can be directly translated as “rue bargain”. If a rouwkoop clause is included in a contract the parties agree that either party or […]
The municipality is the place where most, if not all, services are monitored for their availability to a property, and it is the very place that may cut off the […]
The terms “occupation”, “passing of risk”, “possession” and “registration of transfer” in a deed of sale have important and different legal consequences for the parties to the contract. The parties […]
Contracts for the building of a house or providing for substantial alterations to a house commonly contain an arbitration clause. This article looks at the advantages of resolving disputes relating […]