{"id":1850,"date":"2019-10-16T10:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2019-11-04T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T08:58:14","slug":"issue-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/issue-14-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 14 &#8211; 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES: VERBAL MANDATE TERMINATED AT SHORT NOTICE<\/h2>\n<h3>Liberty Group Limited and Others v Mall Space Management CC t\/a Mall Space Management (644\/18) [2019] ZASCA 142 (1 October 2019)<\/h3>\n<p>Under common law, a mandate is generally terminable at the will of the principal and unless specifically provided for, a notice of intention to terminate is unnecessary. Could the agent, whose oral mandate was terminated given 5 days\u2019 notice, call on principles of Ubuntu to demand a 6 month notice period? The Judgment can be viewed here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2019\/142.html\">The Judgment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu14-2019_s1.pdf\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>MANDAMENT GRANTED AGAINST PROSPECTIVE TENANT<\/h2>\n<h3>Rae&#8217;s Property CC v Lucky F O Automobile (Pty) Ltd and Another (28949\/2019) [2019] ZAGPJHC 319 (6 September 2019)<\/h3>\n<p>The <i>mandament van spolie<\/i> is a remedy that ensures the restoration, before all else, of unlawfully deprived possession to the possessor. A classic example is that in certain circumstances, even a thief may use this remedy to hold onto goods, if the deprivation occurred unlawfully. This matter deals with the application of this principle, where a prospective purchaser and tenant moved into premises before an agreement was concluded.The Judgment can be viewed here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2019\/319.html\">The Judgment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu14-2019_s2.pdf\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES: VERBAL MANDATE TERMINATED AT SHORT NOTICE Liberty Group Limited and Others v Mall Space Management CC t\/a Mall Space Management (644\/18) [2019] ZASCA 142 (1 October 2019) Under common law, a mandate is generally terminable at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Issue 14 - 2019 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/issue-14-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/issue-14-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/issue-14-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 14 &#8211; 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