by Jay Pillay Incorporated | Aug 2018 | Property Law
“Buy land – they’ve stopped making it” (Mark Twain) So you’ve decided to buy your first house – exciting! There’s nothing like owning and living in your very own dream house, and if you choose wisely your home could well be one of your most important investments ever....
by Jay Pillay Incorporated | Jul 2018 | Debt Recovery, Insolvency, Litigation, Property Law
“…aye, there’s the rub” (Shakespeare) Levies are the lifeblood of a sectional title scheme, and the Body Corporate has a duty to recover arrears from defaulting owners. It has the power, in addition to following standard debt collection procedures and perhaps...
by Jay Pillay Incorporated | Jun 2018 | Commercial Law, Litigation, Property Law
“Suretyship is the precursor of ruin” (Thales of Miletus, one of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece) As the philosopher and mathematician Thales pointed out two and a half millennia ago, signing surety for another’s debts carries huge risk. Yet every day directors of...
by Jay Pillay Incorporated | Jun 2018 | Consumer / CPA, Property Law
“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” (Wise old adage) You sign a two year lease for a nice little apartment (or a large family house if you have a spouse, 3 kids and a dog) but after 6 months your employer transfers you and you have to cancel early. “Fine” says...
