How to go about your financial planning so as to maximise the benefits to your spouse, your children and your grandchildren.
Advice
December and January have always been prime months for selling residential property in South Africa, and if you are a “Festive Season Seller”, here are two really important tips for you.
Let’s have a look at how our courts can use The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) to come to our assistance in a practical sense.
If you plan to marry this Wedding Season, make sure that a high priority item on your Wedding Plan list is to get the legal aspects sorted out before you actually tie the knot.
Buying and selling property is a big deal, and things can go wrong in the blink of an eye unless both buyer and seller understand exactly what their sale agreement says, and then either meet all deadlines or extend them as set out in the agreement.
Leaving South Africa for foreign climes, whether permanently or for an extended period, probably means leaving behind unfinished business or financial affairs, and/or property or other assets needing to be dealt with.
Building your own home in a residential complex of your choice is an attractive proposition on many levels. Just make sure up front that you will actually be ready to build within whatever deadlines the HOA (homeowners’ association) specifies.
“Landlords grow rich in their sleep” (John Stuart Mill)
We discuss, with reference to a recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision, why taking judgment against a debtor doesn’t automatically clear you to sell it in execution. Even if the house is owned by a trust or a company.
We share some thoughts on the general principle “costs follow the result” and its limitations, then discuss the three categories of legal costs and what they will mean to you in practice.