by SSLR | Dec 22, 2015 | Eviction
According to the Constitution neither a residential nor a commercial tenant may be evicted without a court order. In both cases, a court must be approached to obtain said order and only thereafter may the Sheriff be sent to execute a warrant of ejectment. Any eviction...
by SSLR | Nov 17, 2015 | Eviction
The approach to levy and utility collection in sectional title schemes has always been to deal with this as you would with any other type of debt collection. The debt collection process might seem more cost effective in the short term, but waiting for 3 months in the...
by SSLR | Nov 9, 2015 | Eviction
Spoliation is a situation where a person is deprived of possession, partial possession or co-possession of movable or immovable property. The possession referred to does not necessarily have to be legal possession. A re-occurring example of this deprivation we are...
by SSLR | Oct 12, 2015 | Eviction, Lease
The term “Eviction Notice” is very often used by our clients and the media. This term is often confusing and is very likely a result of American Law-based television shows. An Eviction Notice in the American Legal System is something that does not exist in South...
by SSLR | Aug 31, 2015 | Eviction
It is possible that an eviction application may have to be instituted during the process of transferring a property. We usually encounter this conundrum in two different instances: When a Property is bought and sold on a sale in execution; and In cases where a tenant...