“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers” (humourist Dave Barry) AARTO (the Administrative Adjudication of Road
Your website of the month: 5 Steps to business success
Perhaps you are an employee, dreaming of starting up your own business. Or an entrepreneur looking to leverage your practical experience into another successful start-up. Or perhaps you are the CEO of a multinational planning to launch a new venture.
Lending money repayable “on demand”: Beware prescription!
“…prescription started its deadly trudge on the day the loan at issue in these proceedings was advanced” (extract from judgment below) You will know that most debts prescribe (become unclaimable) after 3 years, so as a creditor you need to
The R1m buffalo that died: A lesson in passing of risk
We buy and sell things every day, and no doubt most of us assume that it is only when we become the owner that we take the risk of our purchase being damaged or destroyed. Not always – in our
Attorneys selling properties: The ARH website is up and running!
The ARH website is now live: www.attorneyrealtorhub.co.za. Who should join this? Attorneys who want to market and sell the properties of their clients. What does the website offer? It offers proptech tools and guidance for attorneys to market and sell
WHAT IS AN OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE? WHY DO YOU NEED IT?
“Cheops’ Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget” (Robert A. Heinlein) Hopefully you won’t have to wait 20 years for your new dream home to be built – that’s how long Cheops (ancient Egyptian Pharaoh) had to
SELLING A BUSINESS WITH GOODWILL: BEWARE THIS IMPLIED PROHIBITION
When you sell a business including its “goodwill”, you will likely be prevented from opening up in competition with your old business by a “restraint of trade clause” in the sale agreement. Your 5 year restraint period lapses – what
DIRECT MARKETERS HASSLING YOU? HERE’S HOW TO OPT-OUT
If you are inundated with unwanted direct marketing phone calls, SMSes, spam emails and junk mail, you can either contact each sender directly to request removal from their database, or you can save yourself a lot of time and trouble