PROPERTY LAW Archives - Dirk Uys Prokureurs | Attorneys https://uyslaw.com/category/property-law/ Bredasdorp, Western Cape Wed, 13 May 2015 19:06:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Eviction of squatters https://uyslaw.com/eviction-of-squatters/ Wed, 13 May 2015 18:52:05 +0000 http://uyslaw.com/?p=473 In City of Johannesburg v Rand Properties (Pty) Ltd 2007 (1) SA 78 (W), the High Court refused to grant the City of Johannesburg an order to evict squatters from an unsafe building in the inner city, pending the implementation of a comprehensive and co-ordinated programme to progressively realise the right to adequate housing for people in the inner city […]

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]]> Sale of house without approved plans https://uyslaw.com/sale-of-house-without-approved-plans/ Wed, 13 May 2015 18:45:56 +0000 http://uyslaw.com/?p=469 The judgment in Nieuwkerk v McCrae 2007 (5) SA 1 (W) is of major importance for buyers and sellers of immovable property. The practical effect of the judgment is that when a residential property within the area of a local authority is sold with a building on it, it is an implied term of the sale agreement that the […]

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]]> Fencing off a right of way https://uyslaw.com/fencing-off-a-right-of-way/ Wed, 13 May 2015 18:14:31 +0000 http://uyslaw.com/?p=457 M and G owned adjoining farms in Knysna. The only access to their farms was a gravel road leading from the N2 national road and to get to his farm M had to make use of this road which crossed G’s property. M did not have a registered servitude over G’s farm, but had launched proceedings for an order […]

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