A recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment provides yet another reminder to tread carefully when contracting with trusts. Your agreements with a trust will be invalid and unenforceable if the trustees acting for the trust weren’t properly authorised to bind the trust.
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When sibling rivalry escalates into physical or psychological abuse, victims should take advantage of the very strong protections offered to them by the Domestic Violence Act (“DVA”).
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In this article Jennifer Paddock answers questions around pipes within a community scheme. As many of you already know, the general rules are that the body corporate pays for common property expenses and owners pay expenses associated with their individual sections. But unfortunately it’s not as simple as looking at the scheme’s sectional plan and identifying the nature of the property.
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In a notable judgment from the South Gauteng High Court, the court addressed a dispute between a body corporate and an owner regarding unauthorised structural alterations made by the owner to his unit within the sectional title scheme.
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Rising out of the ashes following the looting in July 2021 this ex LG facility which was largely destroyed at the time lay exposed and undeveloped for almost 3 years that was until Yianni Pavlou, Company Principal of Portfolio Property Investments (PPI) successfully brokered the Sale of this unique facility to an investor with a vision.
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