{"id":4028,"date":"2017-06-29T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T09:08:34","slug":"property-law-update-issue-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 20 &#8211; 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CHANGING YOUR MIND ON THE OTHER\u2019S BREACH OF CONTRACT<\/h2>\n<h3>Primat Construction v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (1075\/2016) [2017] ZASCA 73 (1 June 2017)<\/h3>\n<p>Our law generally holds that if party A repudiates a contract, party B may choose to abide by the contract and enforce A\u2019s performance; or accept the repudiation and cancel the agreement and claim damages from A. Once the choice is made, B cannot turn around and change his mind. However, as was argued in this case, would B be allowed to change tack and cancel the agreement and claim damages if A persisted in the breach by evincing an unequivocal intention not to remedy the breach?<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2017\/73.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2017\/73.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1498833740685000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEz2h5oPytUrBd2FO-AQqZHj_iQXQ\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu20-2017_s1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu20-2017_s1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1498833740685000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9HIc-nVbo4GMPvWtjP21NwAJMhQ\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>STBB&#8217;S STSMA REFERENCE GUIDE<\/h2>\n<p>In this, the twenty-eighth set of notes for your STSMA Reference Guide, Prescribed Management Rule 7 is discussed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu20-2017_s2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu20-2017_s2.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1498833740685000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcGNlvRhJc4xwl6W9oP1mjYXi-AQ\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Prescribed Management Rule 7<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<i>(N.B. 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