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Landlords and Tenants: Alert Level 1 and the New Eviction Rules

28 Sep 2020
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“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages” (Terry Pratchett) The flood of lockdown lay-offs and salary reductions has left many tenants struggling to find rent money, and their landlords wondering how to cover their bond repayments and other expenses....

Home Businesses – Is Yours Legal?

28 Sep 2020
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The sharp upsurge in businesses operating remotely as a result of the pandemic lockdowns means a lot more people working from home – most presumably in low-profile home offices, but inevitably some in the form of full-on business activities from home. What effect is that...

Friends and Lovers: Before You Lend Out Your Car…

28 Sep 2020
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“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” (Shakespeare) This is a case of a “love relationship” gone wrong but the principles of vehicle ownership apply to any situation in which you lend a motor vehicle to anyone else. A widely-held misconception is that if you are the registered...

Website of the Month: Don’t Lose Your House Because of a Lockdown Layoff!

28 Sep 2020
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(Note: If none of this applies to you please think of passing it on to anyone you know who may find it useful) In these hard times it is not always easy to keep up bond repayments, particularly if you are one of the many victims of the lockdown that have lost your job or your...

Property: Don’t Pay Double Commission!

26 Aug 2020
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“… in certain circumstances the principal may be liable to pay commission to both agents where it is impossible to distinguish between the efforts of one agent and another in terms of causality or degrees of causation.” (Extract from judgment below) With many property sellers...

Directors, Trustees: Can You Hold Your AGMs and General Meetings on Zoom?

26 Aug 2020
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“O Wonder! …O Brave New World” (Shakespeare) Regrettably the pandemic still shows no sign of going away any time soon, and the social distancing it has brought to our “new normal” leaves companies with a dilemma. How can you comply – safely and lawfully – with the...

Buying a Business? Make Sure the Seller Publishes Notice of the Sale

26 Aug 2020
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“The purpose of the legislature in enacting s 34(1) is to protect creditors by preventing traders who are in financial difficulty from disposing of their business assets to third parties who are not liable for the debts of the business, without due advertisement to all the...

Options to Renew Leases – Risks for Landlords and Tenants

26 Aug 2020
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“It is only where the enforcement of a contractual term would be so unfair, unreasonable or unjust so as to be contrary to public policy that a court may refuse to enforce it” (extract from first  judgment below) Leases often give tenants an option to extend or renew at the...

Website of the Month: Protecting Yourself from SIM-swap Fraud

26 Aug 2020
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Fraudulent SIM swaps were involved in around 13,300 reported digital banking fraud incidents across online and mobile banking and banking apps in 2019 (up 16% from 2018) and all indications is that the lockdown will see another spike in incidents. Read “What to do if you are a...

Property: Green Shoots, Agent’s Commission and Fidelity Fund Certificates

28 Jul 2020
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“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate” (Andrew Carnegie, billionaire industrialist)...
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