Legal Insight

“[w]here a seller recklessly tells a half-truth or knows the facts but does not reveal them because he or she

“…there is no obligation on the [seller] to obtain an occupancy certificate and to furnish it to the [buyers]” (Extract

“The conditional acceptance of an offer amounts to rejection of same and not the conclusion of a contract, but may

“No person shall without the prior approval in writing of the local authority in question, erect any building in respect

Loadshedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative

“A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage”. (Hesiod, poet of Ancient

“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree” (Jim Rohn) It’s that time of year

“Caveat subscriptor” – old legal maxim meaning “Let the signer beware!’ A recent High Court decision once again highlights the

“Oh, I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien” (Sting’s ‘Englishman in New York’) South Africa is attractive to overseas property

“The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague” (Napoleon Bonaparte) This October marks the 20th anniversary of the globally