by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 9, 2018 | Practice
The new Conveyancing Fee Guideline for 2018 came into operation on 1 June 2013. Reference Our Marias are but bakkies, designed for freight, with a metal rear top: why should a detainee (often not yet guilty of anything) have fewer rights of safe transport than...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 8, 2018 | Property
The Property Practitioners Bill follows on a Concourt order dealing with changes to the Estate Agency Affairs Act. This bill provides for inspectors to vet books of practitioners. Much has been said about the inspection powers of inspectors: why would an honest...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 5, 2018 | Business
African Bank has announced that it will differentiate its product by offering primary account holders “pockets”, each of which may have an unlimited number of members who have sight into the activity in the pocket as well as access to the funds. Great idea, especially...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jun 17, 2018 | Practice
Judgements in magistrate’s courts are not binding as are High Court judgements. Nevertheless, it was reported that the Randburg Magistrate’s Court accepted that digital letters of demand (SMSs) complied with the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act and are...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jun 15, 2018 | Property
Services on tribal land: as I understand these things, one is allowed to build on your allocated plot on tribal land without submitting building plans and without necessarily having to connect to a formal road, water, sewerage or electrical grid. In municipal areas...
