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 34 – 2016

CO-OWNER CLAIMING PARTITIONING: AN IMPOSSIBILITY IF IT IS AGRICULTURAL LAND?

Coetzee v Coetzee (18681/2015) [2016] ZAWCHC 115 (8 September 2016)

The Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act disallows any subdivision of agricultural land prior to Ministerial consent thereto. Does this mean that co-owners of agricultural land cannot claim the main remedy provided for in the ‘actio communi dividundo’, being division of the land? This judgment investigates the question.

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DEALINGS WITH A TRUST: IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE

Collet N.O and Others v A and Another (618/2016) [2016] ZAECGHC 70 (8 September 2016)

One needs know-how to properly manage the affairs of a trust and also when dealing with a trust. This is because a trust can only validly act or pass resolutions if it is done in the way set out in the founding document. Where a trust informally allows a trustee or third party to lease a property or to enter into a lease with another party, nullity follows if the trust did not follow its own internal procedural rules, as this judgment highlights.

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