Stucky v Brechoost CC and Another (D5105/2020) [2021] ZAKZDHC 26 (18 August 2021) In pursuance of an oral agreement for the sale of land concluded in 2012, the purchaser signed an offer to purchase in 2018 and subsequently sought the
Read MoreTramore Property Group (Pty) Ltd v Vosloorus Square CC (235/2020) [2021] ZASCA 41 (13 April 2021) This judgment teaches a valuable lesson. The seller of land to be developed cancelled the agreement due to the alleged non-compliance by the purchaser
Read MoreHarbour Arch Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Capital Propfund 4 (Pty) Ltd (437/2020) [2021] ZASCA 108 (5 August 2021) An owner cannot be a lessee of his own land and our law holds that a merger of rights occurs in
Read MoreHeathrow Property Holdings No 33 CC and Others v Manhattan Place Body Corporate and Others (7235/2017) [2021] ZAWCHC 109 (1 June 2021) The judgment deals with disgruntled sectional title owners who sought to resolve a dispute regarding a management rule
Read MoreMakepeace v San Lameer Villa 3212 CC and Others (52533/2020) [2021] ZAGPJHC 23 (5 March 2021) It is in the nature of a marriage relationship that the spouses’ affairs become intertwined to some extent. Here, the husband successfully bought a
Read MoreRoyal Palm Body Corporate v Vahlati Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another (7214/2020P) [2021] ZAKZPHC 28 (1 June 2021) When the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act came into force in 2016, it changed large parts of the existing Sectional Titles Act.
Read MoreLeppan N.O and Others v King (2471/2020) [2021] ZAECGHC 67 (20 July 2021) Many people feel a little envious of others’ semi-permanent caravan homes, situated on a far-off piece of farmland away from city life, in respect of which they
Read MoreGrobler v Phillips and Others (446/2020) [2021] ZASCA 100 (14 July 2021) The judgment highlights many aspects that commonly arise in eviction orders. Specifically of interest here was the court’s finding that although the owner offered alternative secure housing to
Read MorePrag N.O and Another v Trustees for the time being of the Mitchell’s Plain Industrial Enterprises Sectional Title Scheme Body Corporate and Others (A260/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 132 (16 July 2021) This is an interesting judgment following on a claim by
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