{"id":9350,"date":"2015-08-13T12:25:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=9350"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T10:31:14","slug":"property-law-update-issue-28-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-28-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 28 &#8211; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Late Transfer &#8211; Buyer to Cover Transfer Costs Before Seller Pays Rates<\/h2>\n<h3>Mr. L.E.D (Pty) Ltd v Waxfam Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others (14\/15049) [2015] ZAGPJHC 137 (3 July 2015)<\/h3>\n<p>In a transaction where the purchaser was late in paying the transfer fees, it denied liability for the resulting late registration penalty as the seller had at the time that the purchaser made the payment, not yet paid the rates and taxes. The court confirmed that the two payment obligations were reciprocal and the seller was entitled to delay payment of the rates until the purchaser had paid the conveyancing costs. The court confirmed too that when, as in the present case, a sale of property agreement obliges a purchaser to pay the transfer costs on demand by the conveyancer, it must be intended that the payment is effected promptly after dispatch of the conveyancers&#8217; invoice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2015\/137.html\" 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_plu28-2015_s1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Builders Lien Triumphs, Owner Not to Take Law Into Own Hands<\/h2>\n<h3>Top Assist 24 (Pty) Limited T\/A Form Work Construction v Cremer and Another (5335\/2015) [2015] ZAWCHC 102 (28 July 2015)<\/h3>\n<p>The fundamental purpose of the <em>mandament van spolie <\/em>remedy is to serve as a tool for promoting the rule of law and as a disincentive against self-help. What happens though if the owner cancelled the building agreement before allegedly asking the estate security to arrange for the builders to vacate the premises with all their goods and tools? Are the rights of the parties before the spoliation took place relevant in such an application?<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAWCHC\/2015\/102.html\"><span style=\"color: #e662a1;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu28-2015_s2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Transfer &#8211; Buyer to Cover Transfer Costs Before Seller Pays Rates Mr. L.E.D (Pty) Ltd v Waxfam Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others (14\/15049) [2015] ZAGPJHC 137 (3 July 2015) In a transaction where the purchaser was late in paying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3173,"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-9350","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 28 - 2015 - 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-28-2015\/\" \/>\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-28-2015\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-28-2015\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 28 &#8211; 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