Legal Articles and Guides
Judge urges LPC probe of law firm's 'switching sides'
A judge has suggested the Legal Practice Council (LPC) investigate the conduct of a property law and conveyancing firm for turning against their 93-year-old client who changed her mind about a property sale at the last minute and sold it to another party instead.
Hermanus divided over clifftop path
A clifftop path has sparked a legal standoff in Hermanus. The Sunday Times reports that the existing 13km concrete path makes an abrupt 1km detour along the busy main road away from a cluster of upmarket homes and apartments nestled around Poole’s Bay.
District Six tenants fight eviction threat
District Six residents who survived apartheid’s forced removals have decried an impending eviction akin to those of the Group Areas Act.
Banks win jurisdiction fight over repossessed homes
The Constitutional Court has ruled that banks don't have to take debtors to the Magistrate's Courts for default judgments, reports News24.
Long-term partner’s bid for property ownership dismissed
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has dismissed, with costs, the application of Lutz Lamphrecht, who sought to claim ownership of two properties of his late long-term partner.
Pensioner gutted by demolition order
A retired police officer who spent his R900 000 pension payout on building a block of flats has been ordered by the Gauteng High Court to demolish it because he erected it illegally, reports The Sunday Independent.
Property practitioners face deregistration threat
The property industry is up in arms about new regulations enforced by the Property Practitioners’ Regulatory Authority (PPRA) despite the ‘incompetence’ of the PPRA to administer examinations for candidate practitioners.
Backlash over KZN golf estate development
Durban North residents want to stop eThekwini Municipality’s plans to begin the development of a 75-year-old golf course into a multimillion-rand coastal estate.
CEO evicted from Sandhurst mansion
The CEO of a company that wants to tackle load-shedding with gas imports has been evicted from his R35m home on Johannesburg’s most expensive street because he refuses to pay for it.
SCA reserves Bromwell Street judgment
The remaining residents of Bromwell Street in Woodstock, Cape Town are staying put after the SCA reserved judgment in their eviction case against the city.
Zuma's family faces eviction from Parktown home
Former President Jacob Zuma’s family has been given until 31 December 2022 to move out of their luxurious R3.6m Johannesburg home, which was auctioned off by liquidators in June.
Judge scraps ‘unconscionable’ home loan contract
A judge has described as ‘unconscionable’ a contract that the firm of Leonie Dempers, a business associate of former magistrate and fraudster Johan Fouche, entered into with Dirk and Nadia Burger, reports the Mail & Guardian.
Mkhwebane must pay own costs for stay at Bryntirion
The Office of the Public Protector has confirmed that suspended Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe is not being evicted from the state house in Pretoria’s Bryntirion Ministerial estate – but if she continues to live there she must do so at her own cost.
Widow loses battle to reverse house sale
Noeliot Menziwa has lost her bid in the Western Cape High Court to reverse the sale of her house, which she says her late husband sold without her knowledge about 12 years ago.
End of the road for Paradise Park families
More than 100 families living in Paradise Park, Hermanus, are set to be evicted after their applications for leave to appeal were dismissed by the Western Cape High Court.
