“The effect of PIE is not and should not be to effectively expropriate the rights of the landowner in favour of unlawful occupiers. The landowner retains the protection against arbitrary deprivation of property. Properly applied, PIE should serve merely to delay or suspend the exercise of the landowner’s full property rights until a determination has…
If you are a landlord or rental managing agent, you most probably had the unfortunate experience where a tenant reneges on rental payments. One’s first reaction is to take the law into own hands and immediately evict the tenant and change the locks to the property to prevent any further access by the non-paying tenant.
Although a verbal lease agreement is valid and the terms of such an agreement is enforceable by law, we always recommend that parties to a lease rather enter into a formal lease agreement to avoid misinterpretations and unnecessary legal costs to have it enforced.
INVALID LEASE AGREEMENT – LANDLORD’s RIGHT TO MITIGATE LOSSES Care must be taken when entering into agreements with legal entities as the legal status of such an entity is crucial for the validity of such an agreement. If a legal entity has been deregistered by the Companies and Intellectual Commission (CIPC), such entity cannot enter…