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Robert Krautkramer discusses the concept of "transient guests" as contained in the Cape Town Municipal By Law Act and its implications for needing Council's permission to AirBnB.
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This week: Advancing a real estate sector that embodies ethics and credibility; SIU probes how master of the high court fleeces the poor; Ensuring the home buying process is not ‘slow, complex and opaque’; and retrenchment and cancelling a lease.
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Situations where a family member allows another to occupy a property, without following the correct contractual and legal processes can cause massive problems in the family and for future owners of the property.
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Rental payment problems caused by COVID-19 – Landlords and tenants need to consider how best to decrease their risks
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A lenient and pragmatic approach in resolving the impasse between retail tenants and retail landlords may be a preferred, as opposed to a strict and purely contractual approach given the uncharted territory retail tenants and landlords find themselves in as a consequence of lockdown.
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Covid-19: Force Majeure – a tough time to be a landlord. If landlords can’t rely on so-called “Force Majeure” clauses in lease agreements, they could rely on the common law right of “supervening impossibility to perform”and even consider business interruption insurance cover.