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What is an Occupancy Certificate? Why Do You Need It?
“Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget” (Robert A. Heinlein) Hopefully you won’t have to wait 20 years for your new dream home to be built - that’s how long Cheops (ancient Egyptian pharaoh) had to hang around twiddling his thumbs whilst his Great Pyramid of Giza was going up - but you will no doub...
COLLECTING ARREAR LEVIES: A NEW RISK FOR YOUR BODY CORPORATE
“… the difficulty experienced by bodies corporate in collecting arrear levies is not a novel one. It is part of a ‘socio-economic problem’” (extract from judgment below) Levy collections are the life blood of sectional title schemes, and collecting them is likely to get harder with the economic fallout from our downgrade to jun...
PROPERTY: DO YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC RIGHTS TO VIEWS AND PRIVACY?
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune” (Miguel de Cervantes) Another warning to do your homework before you buy or develop property comes from a recent High Court decision to set aside a municipality’s approval of building plans. From sea-view balconies to walled-in courtyards A 17-storey inner city building incorpora...
Facebook Revenge: The Defamation Danger
“Good name in man and woman ... is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse steals trash … but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed” (Shakespeare) Our laws of defamation are there to help you protect your good name from unlawful attack, and a re...
BARKING DOGS DRIVING YOU BATTY? NOISY NEIGHBOURS AND THE INTERDICT OPTION
“Nuisance usually involves repeated infringement of the Plaintiff's property rights. An objective weighing up of the interests of the various parties, taking into account all the relevant circumstances is required in these matters” (from judgment below) If the dog-next-door’s incessant barking is destroying your quality of li...