Maryna holds the BA, LLB, LLM degrees and is a Director at the Cape Town branch of STBB. She is an admitted Attorney, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Insolvency Practitioner with many years of experience in the fields of property law, conveyancing and the laws relating to corporate compliance (especially in respect of the FICA and POPIA laws). Up until 2018 she was also head of the firm’s national marketing portfolio. She is a seasoned public speaker and presenter, both in person and online. She prepares text for the majority of STBB’s internal and external publications and is editor and co-writer for two pivotal publications in the South African real estate industry – the ABC of Conveyancing (JUTA) and Delport’s South African Property Law and Practice (JUTA).

Property Law Update | Issue 02 – 2017

LAPSED OFFER AS BASIS FOR NEW SALE: THINK TWICE

Jubi Properties (Pty) Ltd v Boyce (12286/2016) [2016] ZAGPJHC 338 (7 December 2016)

An interesting conundrum arose in this matter. The seller and buyer renegotiated an agreement after the buyer’s first offer lapsed. The later agreement was based in main on the provisions of the lapsed offer but, in an attempt to avoid complication, they backdated the agreement so that it fell within the initial offer’s acceptance period. Problems did however arise and the court was asked to determine when the due dates for compliance with conditions arose: was ten days calculated from the date in the initial offer, or from the date of the subsequent agreement?

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The Judgment
Summary of the Judgment

STBB’S STSMA REFERENCE GUIDE

In this, the ninth set of notes for your STSMA Reference Guide, the details of section 10 of the Act are provided. It deals with rules of bodies corporate.

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Section 10 of the Act – Body Corporate Rules
(N.B. Print in landscape)

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