Are you Married or Not – That is the Question!!
The court had to decide, on a preponderance of probability, if a customary marriage had been concluded. The negotiations were concluded. The lobolo was...
Responsibility for Building Plans to be Obtained
Part of the dispute in this judgment related to a suspensive condition in a sale agreement requiring the procurement of approved plans for the...
End of the Road for Gas Paper CoC’s Announced
As of the 1st of April 2023, any Certificate of Conformity (CoC) issued by paper will not be considered valid.
SAQCC Gas is proud...
Updated Revision of Book on Conference Resolutions
The Registrars Conference Resolutions are an essential source of information to any person involved in conveyancing and notarial practice and procedure, and should be...
City of Johannesburg systems down
Joburg customers alerted of maintenance exercise to improve customer satisfaction. The City of Johannesburg is committed to delivering excellent services to our customers. In...
Capacity of Associations to Acquire Immovable Property – Conveyancing Update
If an association is not a universitas, then immovable property cannot at common law be registered in its name as such, for it is...
The Law of The Place of The Husband’s Domicile and Civil Unions – Conveyancing...
A person’s domicile is a particular territorial jurisdictional area or country where he/she intends to settle or is settled indefinitely. It is therefore a...
Beware of right of pre-emptions
In Associated South African Bakeries v Oryx20 this Court held that where a seller enters into a contract of sale with a third party,...
What is the difference between a mandate and a power of attorney?
A mandate should be distinguished from an authority or power of attorney. An authority gives the authorised party the power to perform juristic acts...
Effect of Repudiation of an Inheritance on the Devolution of Immovable Property – Conveyancing...
Where a deceased dies testate or intestate and certain of the testate or intestate heirs elect to renounce their right to the inheritance, the...
Does a Representative of a Deceased Estate Have the Capacity to Sell Immovable Property?...
Section 18(3) of the Administration of Estates Act, 66 of 1965, (the Act) provides that where the value of an estate is below R250...
The Assumption of a Common Surname in Terms of The Civil Union Act –...
The assumption of a common surname is traditionally seen as one of the most important consequences of a marriage. It is a highly public...
