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Articles and advice on all things legalConveyancing Fraud 2018 – 01
This week past I came across an Assistant Registrar of Deeds poring over a case in which the presiding judge had a really unpleasant things to say about the Johannesburg Registrar of Deeds. This case, I believe, will lead to changes that will be made in our deeds...
Snippet 2018 – 06
Who cares! The healthy amongst us can probably expect to live into their 80s today. Another dire report on drinking some 5 or 6 glasses of wine a week, holds that this will probably make you live 6 months less. At 85 this is probably a blessing! South Africans would...
Practice Review 2018 – 03
A law unto oneself? Do traditional leaders (in this case, read The King) have to consult with their communities before litigating on their behalf? Yes. Reference Wonderfully, traditional leaders doing their own thing, was termed village tinpot dictators by none other...
Property Review 2018 – 06
Our dysfunctional Msunduzi municipality suspended a number of officials in its rates department following on a meeting with conveyancers local Chamber some 10 days ago. This week past I went and queued for a rates quote now two months outstanding – I saw others...
Business Review 2018 – 06
This had to come: Frontier Car Group, bankrolled to the tune of R1.1bn by Naspers, will be rolling out a one-stop service for the sale and purchase of used cars. Inspection Stations will vet cars, whereafter the vehicles will be disposed of via e-auctions coupled with...
Practice Review 2018 – 02
A Times report holds that Nummawan’s Stalingrad legal campaign may be stymied by a refusal to pay legal costs by the state. As things stand, those who act for the state tend to live dangerously when it comes to their being paid. This will be worse, as somehow one...
Property Review 2018 – 05
A recent case Loggerenberg v Maree is going to be particularly interesting to watch; more so because it involves a serial insolvent and his largely successful attempts to avoid the consequences of his insolvency. L formed a trust to hold his farm whilst insolvent to...
Business Review 2018 – 05
A recent WEF report, ranking South Africa as worst in the world in terms of labour-employer relations, is out of touch, says the International Labour Organisation. The foundation for this opinion is the bad light that we see ourselves in, especially as a result of...
Proxi Smart 2018 – 01
Often, usually specialist, work is legally reserved to a profession or specially qualified group of persons – in order to protect the public. When it comes to conveyancing, a specialist field within a professional grouping, the factors at work are primarily that a...
Snippet 2018 – 05
Cuddle me, kill me. This is the title of a book telling the true story of animals… and, more specifically, canned lions. It is interesting to note that one would cuddle a lamb yet eat it later with no social reprobation. Do this to a lion, which is worth infinitely...
Practice Review 2018 – 01
A change made by the Rules Board, provides in 46 A of the Uniform Rules of Court, that a court may set a reserve price for properties to be sold in execution of a debt judgement. This, so it is said, should be used by litigants acting on behalf of the trustees of home...
Property Review 2018 – 04
The land reform/expropriation debate rages on. Fuelled by populism with an overarching intent to govern, inflammatory statements are made with scant regard to the underlying issues. To meet the expectations thus generated by politicians would be virtually impossible...
Business Review 2018 – 04
From 1 July reporting entities will be expected to submit their annual financial statements to CIPC via XBRL. The following link will explain what this is Reference. Mahindra will soon start assembling a range of vehicles in South Africa, but probably in the Dube...
Snippet 2018 – 04
The Department of Justice has invited public comment on a proposed amendment to the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act. The patriarchy in this Act has, by order of the Constitutional Court, to be overhauled in order to correct the traditional discriminatory...
Cases Review 2018 – 03
Pensioners versus Transnet This much reported on case is more complex than it initially appears: the class action is based on an oral promise made by the general manager of the then South African Transport Services and the Minister of Transport, that certain pension...
Property Review 2018 – 03
Subsistence allowances are said to be derived from the idea that property rights entail an obligation to share the wealth drawn therefrom: one of the sources of such thinking is said to be a fellow by the name of Paine. Take a look at the following link: Click Here ...
Business Review 2018 – 03
A “near free” account, to be piloted as differentiation product by African Bank, is targeted at stokvels-- which one would be able to open “in your pyjamas on the couch”. Having been through the Fica hoops imposed on me by my own bank, which presumably has known about...
Snippet 2018 – 03
Many years ago I kept statistics of the race of legal practitioners, their income and the number of partners comprising their practices. This predated POPI.. One statistic, that defied pigeonholing, was why they were so many practitioners in small or one-man...
