by VDT Attorneys | May 6, 2025 | Body corporate, Levies, Sectional Title
Whether a body corporate can disconnect the electricity of owners in arrears with their levies and utilities has long been a contentious issue, often sparking conflict between financial obligations and individual rights. In the case of Body Corporate The Straight v...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 31, 2024 | Body corporate, Development, Levies, Review, Sectional Title
Before we look at the court’s finding, it is good to just briefly refresh on what a real right of extension is. In terms of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (“Act”) a real right of extension is the right to extend a sectional title scheme by adding sections or...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 20, 2024 | Body corporate, Levy clearance certificate, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme
This raises the question of whether a body corporate can in certain circumstances refuse to issue a levy clearance certificate and whether there are any limitations to such an entitlement. Over the years the courts have been approached to settle disputes where a body...
by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2024 | Body corporate, Common property, Property Development, Sectional Title, Unit extension
Common property represents the shared ownership vested collectively among all sectional title owners in a scheme. This shared ownership in the common property highlights a communal responsibility and mutual interest in the maintenance and preservation of specific...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2023 | Property, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme, Solar, Solar Panels
The Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011 (the Act) accompanied by the Sectional Title Schemes Management Regulations (the Regulations) published on 7 October 2016, regulate the legalities around the powers, rights, responsibilities and obligations of the...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 21, 2023 | Sacrificial rituals, Sectional Title, Sectional Title Scheme
This is a complex question and has also been the topic of some intense debate between animal anti-cruelty activists and traditional groups for which animal slaughter forms a part of their culture and is seen as essential to their identity. The South African Bill of...
