Maryna holds the BA, LLB, LLM degrees and is an Executive Consultant 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 36 – 2015

BACKTRACKING ON USE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY

De Villiers v Elspiek Boerdery (Pty) Ltd and Another (16138/2012) [2015] ZAWCHC 141 (9 October 2015)

X initially granted a special power of attorney in favour of A to execute a notarial cancellation of a right of pre-emption. When the latter transaction did not proceed, he subsequently used the same power of attorney to instruct A to execute and register a 99 year lease. Was this do-able?

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APPROVAL OF SDP CONSTITUTES DEVELOPMENT FINAL APPROVAL

Green Willows Properties v Rogalla Investment Company (20436/2014) [2015] ZASCA 133 (29 September 2015)

This judgment dealt with the question whether approval by a municipality of a Site Development Plan, a step in the overall development approval system, constituted final approval of the development as envisaged by parties in a sale agreement. The Court here answered in the affirmative, as far as procedure in the Western Cape is concerned, holding that such approval served as assurance that the proposed development would be permitted.

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