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“I had a written contract with a builder to make substantial alterations to my house. I was very unhappy about how the work was done and I then went to consul

A praedial servitude is a limited right, which the owner of a property (“dominant property”) has over another property (“servient property”).

It is becoming common for people to have assets in different countries. There are many South Africans who have investments and/or property in other countries. S

A water related and practical issue which has of late become quite a frequent occurrence during the sales / transfer process of a properties in the Western Cape

Questions, and sometimes disputes, often arise between landlords and tenants regarding where the responsibility lies with the maintenance of a property. The sim

In a very insightful Daily Maverick article by Prof Pierre de Vos - the Deputy Dean of the University of Cape Town Law Faculty who teaches Constitutional law, h

“I recently bought a beach house at the coast and we had our first stay there this long weekend. Much to my dismay, we discovered that rainwater leaked

With technology evolving on a constant basis, more and more people are moving to online browsing and purchases.

There is little protection for sellers of property without approved building plans they should not rely on the blind protection of the voetstoets clause

The common law provides that an owner may protect his property from harm or damage even though there might not be any physical risk of harm to the owner himself