Legal Insight

“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

“A fundamental principle in issue here is that nobody may take the law into their own hands. In order to

“There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you’re safe asleep in someone else’s house.” (Anne

“No alienation of land … shall … be of any force or effect unless it is contained in a deed