{"id":5920,"date":"2016-03-10T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T08:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2019-12-24T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T09:08:42","slug":"property-law-update-issue-09-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-09-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 09 &#8211; 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EXECUTION SALE MUST ADVISE PURCHASER OF EXACT OUTSTANDING RATES<\/h2>\n<h3>The Sheriff of Johannesburg North v Yellow Dot Property Investments (2013\/26871)[2016] ZAGPPHC (4 March 2016)<\/h3>\n<p>In many jurisdictions it is practice that the Conditions of Sale in an execution sale reflect R nil in respect of the estimate of outstanding municipal rates. Then, once the property has successfully been auctioned, the execution creditor&#8217;s conveyancers will obtain the figures and will advise the purchaser thereof. The court here questioned whether, in so doing, the Sheriff falls foul of his\/her statutory duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/The_Sheriff_of_Johannesburg_North_v_Yellow_Dot_Property_Investments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu9-2016_s1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>ELECTRONIC CONVEYANCING ON THE HORIZON<\/h2>\n<h3>Deeds Registries Amendment Bill, 2016<br \/>\n(published 10 March 2016)<\/h3>\n<p>In order to support government&#8217;s land reform programme and otherwise to meet the increased need for electronic service delivery with regards to the deeds registration system, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform published the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Department seeks input from stakeholders, to be provided before 4 April 2016 at the addresses provided in the attached Memorandum on the objects of the Bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deeds_Registries_Amendment_Bill__Explanatory_summary__Comments_invited.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Memorandum on the objects of the Bill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXECUTION SALE MUST ADVISE PURCHASER OF EXACT OUTSTANDING RATES The Sheriff of Johannesburg North v Yellow Dot Property Investments (2013\/26871)[2016] ZAGPPHC (4 March 2016) In many jurisdictions it is practice that the Conditions of Sale in an execution sale reflect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_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-5920","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 v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Issue 09 - 2016 - 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\/property-law-update-issue-09-2016\/\" \/>\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\\\/property-law-update-issue-09-2016\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-09-2016\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 09 &#8211; 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