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The Garage Door That Had the Complex Up in Arms
'Good fences make good neighbours.' (Robert Frost) When you buy into a community scheme (such as a security estate, complex or apartment...
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Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Can You Sign an Affidavit Over Zoom?
'These technological developments would have seemed far-fetched and science fiction a brief few years ago.' (Extract from judgment below)...
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Aug 7, 20243 min read
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Home Buyer loses R5,5m in Phishing Scam – Don’t Make the Same Mistake!
'[The buyer] must in the circumstances take responsibility for her failure to protect herself against a known risk' (extract from...
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Aug 1, 20243 min read
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The New Cannabis Act: Here’s What You Will and Won’t Be Allowed to Do
'It’s high time they legalised cannabis' (Anon) Much excitement has greeted the signing into law of the Cannabis for Private Purposes...
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Jul 24, 20243 min read
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Brand-New Car Giving You Nightmares? CPA to the Rescue
'The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) establishes a broad and comprehensive scope for consumer protection. Its purview includes...
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Jul 19, 20243 min read
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Why an Oral Estate Agency Mandate Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Written On
'A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on' (Samuel Goldwyn) Perhaps you are a seller marketing your property through an...
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Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Contracting with Trusts – Is a Majority Resolution Valid?
'Externally, trustees cannot disagree. In the external sphere the Trust functions by virtue of its resolutions, which have to be...
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Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Siblings Feuding Over a Business: Can You Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order?
'It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can...
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Jun 13, 20243 min read
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Cannabis Policies in the Workplace: A Delicate Balancing Act
Cannabis policies in the workplace: a delicate balancing act.
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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Lending to a Friend or Relative – When Must You Register as a Credit Provider?
'In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.' (Unknown) Lending money to a friend or family member in need...
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May 31, 20242 min read
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Rising Damp and Failed Waterproofing: How to Sue the Sellers
'[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she has not bothered to...
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May 24, 20243 min read
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The Pothole Plague – Claiming Damages
'If cars are required to be roadworthy, shouldn’t roads be required to be car-worthy?' (Online meme) If you fall victim to a...
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May 16, 20242 min read
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In the Land of the Will, Clarity is King
When drawing up your will, remember that 'clarity is king'. It is critical that the wording of your will, be drawn professionally.
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May 6, 20243 min read
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Who Owns Your Employee’s Invention? Lessons from the 'Please Call Me' Saga
24 April 2024 is ‘World Intellectual Property Day’. It’s 'an opportunity to explore how intellectual property (IP) encourages and can...
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Apr 24, 20243 min read
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When to Lawyer Up
'The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.' (Shakespeare) Shakespeare must have had an unhappy experience or two with the...
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Apr 11, 20243 min read
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Ponzi Schemes: Can Liquidators Claw Back 600% of Payouts?
'MTl's business clearly amounted to an unlawful ponzi-scheme i.e. a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return to investors...
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Apr 3, 20244 min read
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Effective 1 March 2024: New National Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each 'ordinary hour worked' has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8,5% from R25,42 to R27,58....
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Mar 20, 20241 min read
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Property Sales: 'Conditional Acceptance' of an Offer is Not Acceptance, It’s Rejection
'The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may be a counter–offer.'...
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Mar 13, 20243 min read
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Budget 2024: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator
How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged...
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Mar 8, 20242 min read
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You Can (and Should) Both Discipline and Prosecute Thieving Employees
'It's the profile of the most trusted individual, in a position of trust, like an accountant or bookkeeper. They usually never take...
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Feb 28, 20243 min read
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