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PROPERTY FOCUS – Betty’s Bay Property: 4217 sq metres
Our client, Mr André Pilz, has been travelling through Africa on his bicycle since April 2013. To date he has done 15 000 km and is currently in
AIM MEDIATION CAFÉ
AIM hosted Dr Panos Lazanas at a Mediation Café on 30 September 2015 at The Cape Town Club Town. The presentation and discussion was on: What
NO MONEY TO SUE? CONSIDER CONTINGENCY FEES
If you think you have a good legal case but can’t afford to pursue it, the Contingency Fees Act may have some good news for you.
PROPERTY OWNERS: MANAGE YOUR RISK OF BEING SUED
What happens if someone is injured or killed, or suffers some other form of loss on your property? Three recent court cases highlight your risk of
LANDLORDS – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN BUSINESS RESCUE
Our business rescue legislation aims to save, wherever possible, any company in financial difficulty from total collapse and liquidation. So for example the BRP (Business Rescue
BUYING AND SELLING PROPERTY: THE BOND CLAUSE BLUES, AND HOW TO BEAT THEM
“Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them” (Solon, Athenian lawgiver c. 638 BC – 559 BC) Here’s the story
WRITE YOUR WILL TODAY! FOUR GOOD REASONS TO DO IT NOW
“We used to terrorize our babysitters when I was little, except for my grandfather because he used to read to us from his will” (comic Janine
BOUNDARY WARS: WHAT TO DO WITH AN ENCROACHING NEIGHBOUR
“Good fences make good neighbours” (Robert Frost – Mending Wall 1919) When you find out that the fence/wall/house your neighbour is building, or has built, is
GARNISHEE ORDERS: ARE 2 MILLION OF THEM NOW INVALID?
An action plan for employers, creditors and debtors. “The ability of people to earn an income and support themselves and their families is central to the
POPI: DON’T PANIC!
“Don’t Panic” (Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) Almost every business in South Africa will be affected by POPI (the Protection of Personal Information Act),