The Shifren Principle – The Importance of Reducing Oral Agreements to Writing When a Contract Contains a Non-Variation Clause

by | May 4, 2018 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, Publications

Today, almost all Commercial Contracts entered into include non-variation clauses. A non-variation clause is a contractual provision which restricts the variation and/or cancellation of an Agreement. Any variation or cancellation of the Agreement will therefore not be...

Sectional title scheme – how do owners institute legal proceedings?

by | Mar 20, 2018 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, Conveyancing and Property law, Estate Planning, Publications

Ownership of a Section Title is made up of three elements; namely individual ownership, joint ownership and membership of a body corporate. Individual ownership is the section you purchased whereas joint ownership is the part know as common property. The section...