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You will find suspensive and resolutive conditions in many types of contracts, including property sale agreements and the like.
Your agreements with a trust will be invalid and unenforceable if the trustees acting for the trust weren’t properly authorised to bind the trust.
Does the Domestic Violence Act protect victims who are not only in a domestic relationship with their abuser, but also in a business or commercial relationship with them?
Oral contracts invite misunderstanding, conflict and protracted litigation, and for that very reason few agents will accept a mandate without requiring your signature on a written agreement.
Commonly confused, these terms are usually encountered in the context of debtors who are unable to pay their debts. An…
A recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision turned on the question of whether a R15m loan to a friend, sealed with nothing more formal than a handshake, had been made “at arm’s length” or not.
We’ll discuss your right to claim for both vehicle damage and personal injury with reference to a recent High Court case which handed a resounding victory to a motorist suing a provincial road authority for R8.6m.
All sellers and buyers should understand both what constitutes a “defect” in a house for sale, and the extent and limits of a seller’s duty to disclose defects to prospective buyers.
Your will is probably the most important document you will ever sign, and a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision confirms once again how critical it is to ensure that it is professionally drawn to reflect your wishes clearly and unambiguously.