by Gordon Latimer | May 15, 2015 | Newsletter
LANDLORDS: CAN YOU SWITCH OFF YOUR DEFAULTING TENANT’S LIGHTS? Your tenant isn’t paying rent and refuses to move out – can you turn the electricity off? First – commercial or residential? The judgment discussed in this article relates to a commercial occupier...
by Gordon Latimer | Apr 15, 2015 | Newsletter
THE NEW TRANSFER DUTY RATES: WILL YOU PAY LESS, OR MORE? In a nutshell, the transfer duty tax breaks announced in Budget 2015 will reduce costs for most middle-income households but will increase costs of property transactions above about R2,65m (with maximum savings...
by Gordon Latimer | Mar 15, 2015 | Newsletter
“WHEN THE EMAIL IS DEADLIER THAN THE MAIL”: WATCH WHAT YOU E-AGREE TO! “The email of the species is deadlier than the mail.” (Stephen Fry) Last month we discussed the need for a “non-variation” clause in every agreement you sign, and the dangers of not...
by Gordon Latimer | Feb 15, 2015 | Newsletter
STRUGGLING TO EVICT A “COMMERCIAL” OCCUPANT? DON’T STRESS ABOUT PIE A recent Constitutional Court judgment highlights a fundamental difference in the legal protections afforded to two types of unlawful occupant – Residential occupants: Occupants residing on premises...
by Gordon Latimer | Jan 15, 2015 | Newsletter
BEWARE PRESCRIPTION: THE TALE OF THE “WATERTIGHT CASE” THAT DIED A SAD AND SUDDEN DEATH “Sad is the day when a party with a watertight case comes to court and he is stopped in his tracks by a sudden death due to a fatal blow from a watertight defence of prescription....
