Creation of Positive and Negative Personal Servitudes – Conveyancing News
Introduction
From a conveyancing perspective it is very important to distinguish between positive and negative personal servitudes. The reason is due to the fact that...
Kickbacks in Conveyancing – LPC and PPRA
THIS COMMUNICATION IS ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (“PPRA”) AND THE LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL (“LPC”)
Both entities have received numerous complaints regarding...
Is Transfer Duty or VAT payable? That is the Question! – Conveyancing News
A purchaser is usually responsible for payment of transfer cost when acquiring immovable property, but it should first and foremost be established whether the...
Digitising deeds: How e-registration will reshape SA property transactions
After years of anticipation, the South African electronic deeds registration system (eDRS) launched on the 1st of April and is set to modernise property registration...
Deviation due to Changed Circumstances when Exercising a Real Right of Extension – Conveyancing...
Introduction
The deviation from the section 25(2)(a) and (b) plans when exercising a real right of extension has been a matter that has been deliberated...
Sale of Property in Execution – Must Property be Transferred Free of, or Subject...
Where land is subject to a usufruct and the bare dominium owner wants to register a mortgage bond over such property, the financial institution...
Allen West’s: The Practitioner’s Guide to Conveyancing & Notarial Practice (3rd Ed)
The second edition of this book was released during COVID, in 2020 and since then, there has been new case law as well as...
Re-Designation of Properties from Farm to Erf
OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL : BLOEMFONTEIN
RE-DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES FROM FARM TO ERF, PROCLAMATION OF AGRICALTURAL LAND AND APPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF THE SUBDIVISION...
Date of Transaction – Conveyancing News
The term adiation is a term adopted from the Roman law signifying the acceptance of an inheritance by an heir. The heir is not...
Married in terms of Muslim rights
Kindly see below the aspects pertaining to Muslim marriages, in deeds and documents the parties to the Muslim marriage will still be described as:
Married...
Clarity on the Implementation of The Amended Regulation 18 Form LLL
RC 1 OF 2025 - OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS NORTH GAUTENG DEEDS REGISTRY
PURPOSE:To provide clarity on the implementation of the amended Regulation...
Establishment of Body Corporate – Conveyancing News
Introduction
Section 2 of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011(the Act) provides that with effect from the date on which any person...
