Municipal by-laws vary from municipality to municipality. With this in mind, the collection of debts (and the policy around such collection) in respect of services rendered by a municipality are specifically connected to the by-laws of that municipality. When Can...
Generally speaking, when an attorney is approached by a client asking for legal services, the attorney is obliged to assist. However, there are exceptions to this rule. For instance, the client might be asking for services in a field of law in which the attorney does...
There is a common misconception that the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) applies to all property transactions. The knock-on effect of this misunderstanding is predominantly twofold: Parties believe the CPA’s cooling off period of 5 business days applies to the...
In a recent case heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal, a large residential development in Johannesburg which has the privilege of a river running through it, found itself in the undesirable position of not knowing which authority to turn to for assistance after...
