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 08 – 2016

RE-ALLOCATING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNT PAYMENTS

PA Pearson (Pty) Ltd v Ethekwini Municipality and Others (13270/2012) [2015] ZAKZDHC 93 (2 December 2015)

Where A opens an account at the municipality for services at two premises from where it conducts its operations, each property leased from a different owner, may the local authority re-allocate payments made by A for electricity and utilities supplied at the one property to the account of the other property?

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MANAGING LAPSED BUILDING TIME FRAME CONDITIONS CAN BE TRICKY

Mushwana and Another v Bondev Midrand (Pty) Ltd and Others (1415/14) [2016] ZAGPPHC 43 (3 February 2016)

Buying in a development often includes being bound by time frames within which to complete building work. It can become tricky to manage the process, especially once the title deed condition requiring completion within a certain period lapsed by effluxion of time. In the present matter, the developer argued that due to an agreement entered into with a subsequent purchaser, the lapsed title deed condition revived. Can this be?

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