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Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Buying and Selling Property Buying and Selling Property: Who Pays What Costs? “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing” (Warren Buffett) Don’t risk not knowing what you’re doing when you either buying or selling property. Avoid nasty shocks by budgeting properly for the costs you will incur – some of them canRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Trusts on Divorce Trusts on Divorce: Are You Stuck with an Ex-Spouse as Trustee? “Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.” (Anon) That’s a great scenario whilst the marriage prospers, but what happens on divorce? A recent High Court decision addressed one such scenario – Trusts may be formedRead more

Owning your own property comes with a raft of benefits, including a general right to privacy and control over who can access your property and who can’t. But of course there are exceptions. And apart from the obvious ones, a recent High Court judgment highlights one that is particular to sectional title schemes. It involved a unit owner whose “recalcitrant

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Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Contracts - Verbal Agreements Verbal Agreements – Not Much Good, But Lots of Bad and Ugly “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” (Spaghetti Western, 1966) A common myth – one that can get you into a whole lot of trouble if you aren’t alive to it - is that verbal contracts areRead more

As pandemic restrictions ease around the world, many businesses forced by lockdown to “go remote” are torn between returning to office and keeping everyone working remotely. An increasing number are opting for one or other hybrid model, which can come with major benefits but also major challenges. One of those challenges is the risk of losing a cohesive company culture

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Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Resignation - Employment and Labour Law The “Great Resignation” is Upon Us – Know the Law! “Signs of the "Great Resignation" are rippling across South Africa” (Business Insider report, 22 April 2022) The global pandemic-induced “Great Resignation” trend is upon us, and both employers and employees need to be aware of how ourRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Property - Zoning Law Landlords: Zoning Law Contravention Could Invalidate Your Lease “…it is a general rule that a contract impliedly prohibited by statute is void and unenforceable…” (extract from judgment below) Here’s yet another warning from our courts of the importance of complying with your local municipal zoning laws, whether you buyRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Divorce Assets New Ruling on Divorce Assets: How Does it Affect You? “…the inequality at hand is caused when, after the conclusion of the marriage, a distortion is caused by the fact that one spouse contributes directly or indirectly to the other's maintenance or the increase of the other's estateRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Tax Tax Freedom Day 2022: The Day We Stopped Working for Government “Taxpayer: One who doesn’t have to pass a civil service exam to work for the government” (Anonymous) “Tax Freedom Day” is the first day of the year on which we South Africans (we’re talking about the “average” taxpayer here) have finallyRead more

We all know how vital it is to use strong passwords online, but for a sobering look at just how quickly the “average” cybercriminal can hack any that aren’t up to scratch, go to Hive Systems’ article “Are your passwords in the Green?” here. Their “Time it takes a hacker to brute force your password in 2022” infographic provides a strong

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