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The Three-Year Deadline – When Suspicion becomes the Date, the Clock Starts Ticking…

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | May 2, 2022 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, Contract Drafting, Publications

We have been aware of the period we refer to as prescription in law, where there is time barring on the ability to claim a debt. Quid essentially, when does the time start running? From a general point of departure, it is when the debt becomes due. But what about a...

You bought it, Voetstoots!

by Linda Shwana | Feb 7, 2022 | Commercial law, Construction law, Conveyancing and Property law, Publications

Sale agreements commonly include a clause stating that the item or property is purchased from the seller voetstoots. This means that the buyer acknowledges that s/he has purchased the property as it is, with all its perfections and all its imperfections. The clause...

What you should know about Suspensive conditions in Sales of Immovable Property

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Jan 10, 2022 | Contract Drafting, Conveyancing and Property law, Publications

In many cases, sales of immovable property are subject to conditions relating to bond financing or the sale of another property. These are conditions precedents to the sale. In the recent appeal court case of McGrane v Cape Royale The Residence (Pty) Ltd (831/2020)...

Can a Positive Covid Test get you Fired?

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Jun 2, 2021 | Employment law, Publications

With the unexpected emergence of the COVID- 19 pandemic, many South Africans were caught off guard and left uncertain about how this pandemic would impact the workplace and the employer-employee relationship. Furthermore, it raised the question of what needs to be...

Stokvels – The Good and the Bad

by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw | Nov 27, 2018 | Publications, SME Self-Service Desk

Introduction Stokvels are more commonly defined as a type of credit union in which a group of people enter into an agreement to contribute a fixed amount of money to a common pool either weekly, fortnightly or monthly. In South Africa you get various forms of Stokvels...

The Three-Year Deadline – When Suspicion becomes the Date, the Clock Starts Ticking…

You bought it, Voetstoots!

What you should know about Suspensive conditions in Sales of Immovable Property

Can a Positive Covid Test get you Fired?

Stokvels – The Good and the Bad

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