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Waiving the Bond Clause to Keep a Sale Alive: Risk Versus Reward
' This sale agreement is no more! It has ceased to be! This is an EX-sale!' (With apologies to Monty Python) A 'bond clause' – standard...
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Oct 16, 20243 min read
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When Can You Legally Record Conversations?
'Big Brother is watching you.' (George Orwell) Your smartphone lets you record just about anything, anywhere and at any time. Your laptop...
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Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Sibling Showdown: How One Missing Word in a Will Divided a Family
'From small mistakes come great catastrophes.' (Justin Cronin) We’ve all seen how even the smallest mistake can have huge consequences...
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Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Property: Why Do You Need an Occupancy Certificate Before You Buy?
'…there is no obligation on the [seller] to obtain an occupancy certificate and to furnish it to the [buyers]' (Extract from judgment...
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Sep 18, 20243 min read
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How to Safeguard Your Digital Presence: A Simple Checklist for Website Compliance
' It’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away' (Doug Warner) Your website, social media profiles and other...
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Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Sour Grapes? Don’t Make Accusations Unless They’re True
' I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here, Pierced to the soul with slander’s venomed spear.' (William Shakespeare) Here’s another...
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Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Divorce Diaries: Anti-Dissipation Orders in Action
'Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.' (Anon) In the boiler room that is the divorce court, it’s common to hear accusations and...
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Aug 29, 20242 min read
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It’s Sick Leave Season – Can You Reject a Dodgy Doctor’s Sick Note?
'Many people including workers in South Africa do not have the wherewithal to determine between a qualified doctor, an unqualified doctor...
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Aug 23, 20244 min read
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The Garage Door That Had the Complex Up in Arms
'Good fences make good neighbours.' (Robert Frost) When you buy into a community scheme (such as a security estate, complex or apartment...
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Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Can You Sign an Affidavit Over Zoom?
'These technological developments would have seemed far-fetched and science fiction a brief few years ago.' (Extract from judgment below)...
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Aug 7, 20243 min read
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Home Buyer loses R5,5m in Phishing Scam – Don’t Make the Same Mistake!
'[The buyer] must in the circumstances take responsibility for her failure to protect herself against a known risk' (extract from...
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Aug 1, 20243 min read
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The New Cannabis Act: Here’s What You Will and Won’t Be Allowed to Do
'It’s high time they legalised cannabis' (Anon) Much excitement has greeted the signing into law of the Cannabis for Private Purposes...
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Jul 24, 20243 min read
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Brand-New Car Giving You Nightmares? CPA to the Rescue
'The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) establishes a broad and comprehensive scope for consumer protection. Its purview includes...
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Jul 19, 20243 min read
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Why an Oral Estate Agency Mandate Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Written On
'A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on' (Samuel Goldwyn) Perhaps you are a seller marketing your property through an...
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Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Contracting with Trusts – Is a Majority Resolution Valid?
'Externally, trustees cannot disagree. In the external sphere the Trust functions by virtue of its resolutions, which have to be...
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Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Siblings Feuding Over a Business: Can You Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order?
'It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can...
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Jun 13, 20243 min read
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Cannabis Policies in the Workplace: A Delicate Balancing Act
Cannabis policies in the workplace: a delicate balancing act.
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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Lending to a Friend or Relative – When Must You Register as a Credit Provider?
'In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.' (Unknown) Lending money to a friend or family member in need...
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May 31, 20242 min read
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Rising Damp and Failed Waterproofing: How to Sue the Sellers
'[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she has not bothered to...
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May 24, 20243 min read
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The Pothole Plague – Claiming Damages
'If cars are required to be roadworthy, shouldn’t roads be required to be car-worthy?' (Online meme) If you fall victim to a...
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May 16, 20242 min read
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