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 41 – 2015

TO BE COMPLIANT FFC REQUIRED FOR CC AND MEMBER

Erasmus N.O. and Another v Verna van Den Blink Properties CC (A270/2014) [2015] ZAFSHC 198
(22 October 2015)

This appeal concerns the question whether a fidelity fund certificate is required for a close corporation where the latter, as estate agency, institutes a claim for commission. In the present matter the sole member of the corporation was issued with a certificate, but there was no separate certificate for the estate agency close corporation and the client argued that therefore the agency was barred from claiming commission.

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TRANSFER FROM DEVELOPER: PROPERTY RATE-ABLE?

City of Tshwane v Uniqon Wonings (20771/2014) [2015] ZASCA 162 (20 November 2015)

How should a municipality determine what is owed to it in connection with an erf that stands to be transferred for the first time and was rated as part of the township up until that point? Must rates be calculated in respect of the whole property still registered in the name of the developer, or only in respect of the property to be transferred? The Supreme Court of Appeal in this matter clarified the position.

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