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Conveyancing is the work involved in the legal process of moving land or property from one owner to another. The conveyancing process may seem very daunting and complicated for a first-time homebuyer. I will try to simplify the process below for you in order for you...

A Landlord/Tenant relationship can be one of trust, cooperation and even a contribution to the increase of the concerned property's value or it can be one of sleepless nights, expensive litigation to evict a Tenant and suffering damages to your property.  ...

THE IMPLICATION AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FICA AND FATCA FICA - The Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 38 of 2001 FATCA - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act FICA What is FICA? The Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 38 of 2001 (FICA), came into effect on 1 July 2003....

Authentication of the signature on a document is required where a document is signed in one country and the documents must then be used in another country. A clear distinction must be made between the following: The authentications of documents executed in South...

When purchasing a property, one assumes you own the structure and the surrounding erf within the walls that form the boundary. Make sure your property is full title or Sectional Title. To assure you ownership of a Sectional Title is secured by a title deed exactly the...

Hierdie is 'n onderwerp wat partykeer vermy word, maar ongelukkig kan dit negatiewe gevolge inhou vir die geliefdes wat 'n persoon agterlaat by sy/haar afsterwe indien daar nie aandag gegee word aan die opstel van 'n behoorlike Testament nie.   Hoekom is dit...

Wat is 'n Huweliksvoorwaardekontrak? Dit is n kontrak wat die huweliksgoederebedeling tussen man en vrou reel en die persone moet bevoeg wees om so 'n kontrak aan te goon en die persone moet mekaar trou no sluiting van so 'n kontrak.   Wat gebeur as ek NIE 'n...

I see it so many times in practice that clients just assume everything is still in order with their Trust and providing us with a copy of his/her Storage Trust document. The most popular reason buying in a trust is for estate purposes. Be careful, as many times the...

Are you a victim of serial unsolicited mail, phone calls and emails? Especially if you never requested to receive it in the first place? There is a way out! Thanks to the implementation of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) and specifically Chapter 2 thereof...

Marriage Contracts Too often the purpose of marriage contracts is associated with divorce, but there are much more to having one than that. A Marriage contract does provide for division of assets on dissolution of the marriage, but not only by divorce, but also by...