Property: Green Shoots, Agent’s Commission and Fidelity Fund Certificates
“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...
Directors and Business Rescue in the Time of COVID-19
“A stitch in time saves nine” (wise old proverb) The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown have opened up new avenues of profit for some businesses, but they have also subjected many others to the spectre of business failure. Unfortunately we can expect...
Electronic Signatures in Property and Other Transactions
“To sign a document means to authenticate that which stands for or is intended to represent the name of the person who is to authenticate” (quoted in the case below) We all know that verbal agreements, although fully binding for most types of transaction, are a recipe...
COVID-19: Small Businesses, Employment Laws, and Survival Support
COVID-19: Small Businesses, Employment Laws, and Survival Support“The secret of crisis management is not good vs. bad, it’s preventing the bad from getting worse” (Andy Gilman)We can only guess at how the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak will end, but let’s all take...
Does an Expired Lease Automatically Continue Month-to-Month? At What Rental?
Does an Expired Lease Automatically Continue Month-to-Month? At What Rental? "Close your eyes - Landlord knocking On the back door" (Jack Kerouac; Northport Haiku) Your residential fixed-term lease expires but for whatever reason you don't sign a new one. Nor does the...
Before You Start a New Small Business in 2020
Before You Start a New Small Business in 2020 … “Just do it!” (Nike)You and your fantastic business idea can’t wait to chuck up the 9 to 5 job and launch your own new venture. 2020 here we come! But is this the right time to do it?Of course no one knows for sure...
Employees on Probation: Can You Dismiss for Poor Performance?
Employees on Probation: Can You Dismiss for Poor Performance?“… arbitrators should hesitate to interfere with employer’s decisions on whether probationary employees have attained the required performance standard, or with the standards themselves” (extract from...
ANC and the 3 Types of Marriage
About To Marry? Don’t Forget Your ANC and the 3 Types of Marriage“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need” (P.G. Wodehouse)Wedding Season being once again well and truly upon us, the chances are high that...
Seller’s Remorse and Subject to Sale of the Buyer’s Property
"Seller’s Remorse" and "Subject to Sale of the Buyer’s Property" – Can They Sink the Sale?“If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree” (Jim Rohn)The upcoming festive season, with its mass migrations of happy holiday-makers to their dream destinations,...
Dementia and Incapacity: What is a Power of Attorney and is it Forever?
“The number of cases of dementia is estimated to almost triple by 2050” (World Health Organisation)Although the actual prevalence per capita of dementia is reportedly on the decline, aging populations ensure that it is becoming more and more of a problem in society -...
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