From 1 March 2019, Conveyancers are required to invest trust funds on behalf of clients in terms of section 86(4) of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 instead of section 78(2A) of the Attorney's Act 53 of 1979 (as this Act has been repealed).

A number of complications arise with cross-border transactions, such as jurisdictional issues for example.

The Bill has been amended since it was first published and our previous newsflash commented on the Bill in its initial form.

The above, however, does not apply to marriages between black people married prior to 1988.

Until recently the Deeds Office used to accept a letter from the relevant Local Authority confirming that the OA was never formed, instead of a written consent.

In the case of Terry and Another v Solfafa and Others (2263/2019) [2019] ZAFSHC 143 (29 August 2019) the applicants requested that the court order that a property they purchased be transferred into their name.

We previously published articles in respect of the case of Singh and another v Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate Management Association 2 (RF) NPC and others [2016] JOL 35169 (KZD) discussing amongst others ...

On 21 December 2018 the draft Expropriation Bill, 2019 (the "Bill") was published in the Government Gazette by the Department of Public Works

This newsflash is an update to our September 2018 newsflash published on this topic.

Unfortunately, we often encounter divorce orders where the immovable property is dealt with in very little or no detail.