by VDT Attorneys | Nov 16, 2017 | Property, Water Rights
Our courts recently had to address a similar set of facts in the case of Euphorbia (Pty) Ltd t/a Gallagher Estates v City of Johannesburg. In this case, the applicant (Gallagher Estates) was sued by the municipality for several million rand which the municipality...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 30, 2013 | Agri, Farming, Water Rights
The verification procedure The Department is currently working on a verification procedure to determine the legality of water use. The Act created a historic cut off for determining the legality of water use. In short it provides that surface water use be determined...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 20, 2013 | Agri, BEE, Property, Water Rights
In the recent appeal court case of Makhanya v Goede Wellington Boerdery (Pty) Ltd, the court confirmed that the transfer of water rights is indeed possible, that an equal consideration of various factors must take place in the consideration of any application for the...
