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 | Purchaser’s spouse gets the bond: Does the sale agreement stand?

Makepeace v San Lameer Villa 3212 CC and Others (52533/2020) [2021] ZAGPJHC 23 (5 March 2021)

It is in the nature of a marriage relationship that the spouses’ affairs become intertwined to some extent. Here, the husband successfully bought a property at an auction but later, when the bond approval was negotiated by his wife and granted to her in principle, the question arose who was the purchaser. The law has strict rules when it comes to transactions relating to land, including that there must be certainty about who the contracting parties are. In this instance, the lack of certainty resulted in the demise of the sale agreement.

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