Essential reference to property law updated
Significant changes to South African property legislation make it necessary for legal practitioners specialising in this aspect of law to have access...
Conveyancing News – What May Serve as Security Under a Notarial Bond?
Must the movable assets be corporeal?
A notarial bond is defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries...
First part of the Electronic Deeds Registration Act is now in operation
Section 2 of the Electronic Deeds Registration Act 2 of 2019 comes into effect today. This is the first piece of the...
Pretoria Deeds Office Closure Times for December 2019
In terms of a meeting held between the Conveyancers and the Registrar of Deeds Pretoria, the following was decided.
Conveyancing News – Notarial Tie Agreements
Introduction
For time immemorial registrars of deeds have been registering notarial tie agreements which have the status of a...
Conveyancing News – Massing and Adiation vis-à-vis Massing and Election
Introduction
Uncertainty, from a conveyancing perspective, prevails with regard to massing and adiation, and massing and election. In this...
Conveyancing News – Creation of Positive and Negative Personal Servitudes
Introduction
From a conveyancing perspective it is very important to distinguish between positive and negative personal servitudes. The reason...
Conveyancing Update – Confusion Surrounding the Substitution of a Debtor ito Sec 57 of...
A fair amount of legal debate surrounding the application and interpretation of the provisions of section 57 of the Deeds Registries Act...
Conveyancing Update – Lapsing of a Real Right of Extension Which Has Been Subdivided
Section 25(4)(b) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (the Act) provides for the subdivision and cession of a real right...
Conveyancing Update – Certificates Issued In Terms Of Section 15b(3) Of The Sectional Titles...
Introduction Practice has showed that the contents of the section 15B(3) certificates provided by conveyancers do not always depict the correct state...
Conveyancing Update – Cession of Personal Servitudes
We are often confronted with the dilemma of whether a cession of a personal servitude is capable of being registered or not....
The Responsibilities of Conveyancers and Notaries
Statute law is brief regarding the duties and responsibilities of a conveyancer, except for the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937(the Act)...
