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How are Home Owners’ Associations Similar to Sectional Title Schemes, and What are the Main Differences?

12 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock Sectional title is a legal arrangement in terms of which parts of buildings can be exclusively owned, in conjunction with shared ownership of other parts of…

Withholding levies

12 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock An owner is not entitled to withhold levies to set-off a debt she believes is owed to her by the body corporate. (more…)

Trustees: 10 Tips in Dealing with Sectional Title Insurance

12 years ago

By Mike Addison Trusteeship can seem like an overwhelming burden for someone who has just become a trustee and wants to make sure all the right things are being done.…

IT and sectional title scheme management

12 years ago

By Anton Kelly When two or more people share ownership of property, what laws regulate their interactions concerning that property? The Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (the Act) codifies the…

Q&A – 2014 03

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below is an example of a question on the discussion forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members!…

The Rental Housing Act and House Rules

12 years ago

By Sayed Iqbal Mohamed A lease establishes a contractual relationship between the tenant and the landlord, to the exclusion of all other parties. One of the major challenges is to…

Invalid trustee consent

12 years ago

By Anton Kelly In our experience, most permissions given by trustees are not valid. The Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (“the Act”) and the prescribed rules specify that trustee consent is…

Application of the Debt Collectors Act to Managing Agency

12 years ago

By Prof Graham Paddock For some time there has been confusion as to whether managing agents must register with the Council for Debt Collectors and operate a separate trust account…

Q&A – 2014 02

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below is an example of a question on the discussion forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members!…

Can sectional title owners change all the trustees between AGMs?

12 years ago

By Anton Kelly The answer this question is: “Yes, in theory”. (more…)

Paddocks welcomes Carryn Melissa Durham

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Press Team Paddocks is excited to welcome a new member to the legal team, Carryn Melissa Durham. We sat down with Carryn recently to ask her…

VAT relative to HOAs and bodies corporate – Updated

12 years ago

By Clint Riddin We have previously written about why a home owners’ association, whether a non-profit company or by virtue of a constitution, needed to register as a VAT vendor…

The Carrot and Stick Approach: Early Levy Payment Discounts

12 years ago

By Prof Graham Paddock “Carrot and Stick Approach” is a term used to refer to a policy of both offering a reward and threatening a punishment to persuade a person…

Q&A – 2014 01

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below is an example of a question on the discussion forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members!…

Q&A – 2013 12

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below is an example of a question on the discussion forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members!…

Common property maintenance versus improvement and their authorisation

12 years ago

By Anton Kelly As with some other aspects of sectional title scheme management, the distinction between maintenance of and improvement to the common property is not always crystal clear.…

Slip and Fall Injuries – Trustees beware!

12 years ago

By Mike Addison “The body corporate is in virtually the same position as landlord, hotel owner or shopkeeper, who by virtue of his or her control over property, has a…

Exclusive use – the technicalities and what they mean for owners

12 years ago

By Anton Kelly The concept of exclusive use in sectional title schemes is not always clearly understood and it should be, for three very good reasons. Firstly it is…

Q&A – 2013 11

12 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below is an example of a question on the discussion forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members!…

Mystrata and Paddocks announce South African partnership

12 years ago

Press release Global technology company, Mystrata, announced today that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Paddocks, an online training and consultancy company for the sectional title and home…

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