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How binding are body corporate fines

09 July 2018

In an estate or sectional title scheme, it is challenging to ensure that everyone will stick to the conduct rules... and to aid this, body corporates often fine the chancers. How far can the body corporates stretch their fining, and are these fines binding?

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What print or font is too small for a contract?

07 June 2018

I recently bought a second-hand car from a local car dealership. Not long afterwards the car started giving me trouble.... When I took it back to the dealership, they said it was not their responsibility as the contract I had signed transferred all responsibility to me. They showed me the contract, but most of it was printed so small that I couldn’t even read it let alone understand it. Surely I should at least be able to read a contract to be bound by it?

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Cancelling a contract? The Do’s and Don'ts to consider!

26 March 2018

Every person, whether an individual or a juristic person, will find themselves in a situation where they will want to... terminate a contract. The aim of this article is to set out the requirements for terminating a contract as well as to give basic guidance when doing so.

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How to evict an illegal tenant

22 February 2018

Landlords who have tenants that they believe are occupying their premises illegally may not forcefully remove such tenants. The Prevention... of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (No. 19 of 1998) provides for the prohibition of unlawful eviction and also provides proper procedures for the eviction of unlawful occupiers.

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Cancelling a lease agreement early

10 March 2017

If you want to end your contract early, this can only be done “in situations where the Consumer Protection Act... or Rental Housing Act apply” - or if there’s a clause in the contract that allows for early cancellation, or if both parties agree to it.

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Black or blue…? Or red for a bit of variety!

11 April 2016

I’ve often wondered if an agreement must be signed with black ink. What happens if it is signed with a... blue of even red or green pen? Is it invalid?

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Can I take my satellite dish with me?

14 April 2015

Mr Purchaser is excited about buying the flat from Mr Seller, more so as the flat comes with an installed... DSTV satellite dish to which he only needs to connect his decoder to watch the Rugby World Cup later this year! Mr Seller however has no intention of leaving his satellite dish behind as he also wants to watch the rugby from his new flat. But can Mr Seller just take his dish, or is Mr Purchaser entitled to have the dish remain behind?

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Kan ‘n kontrak regtens deur die stuur van ‘n epos gekanselleer word?

16 March 2015

Met die spoedige ontwikkeling van tegnologie moet enige besigheidsman deesdae nie net op hoogte bly van tegnologiese verwikkelinge nie maar... ook met verwikkelinge in die reg. In die hedendaagse lewe word ooreenkomste gereguleer deur kontrakte wat geteken word deur al die partye. Dit bring na vore die vraag of digitale kommunikasie relevant is vir ons kontraktereg en selfs meer spesifiek, of ‘n party byvoorbeeld ‘n ooreenkoms regmatig kan kanselleer deur die stuur van ‘n epos?

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