Rademeyer v Viljoen and Another (69/11) [2011] ZASCA 189 (3 November 2011) - necessity for property buyers to expressly agree that the deposit be held in trust pending transfer.
Meyer de Waal asks, "Mortgage bonds: Is the Tiffski judgment a bank's worst nightmare?"
Wakefields Real Estate v Attree (666/10) [2011] ZASCA 160 - when is an estate agent the effective cause of a sale and entitled to commission?
Resnekov v Cohen - dispute between neighbours over addition to property - whether restriciton constitutes a praedial or a personal servitude.
Netshituka - Customary Law - clear direction given to validity or non-validity of civil marriages and necessary proof thereof for conveyancers.
Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd and Another v Margalit (25966/06) [2011] ZAGPJHC 58 - Bond cancellation - liability of bank and attorneys for non cancellation.
Kruger v Property Lawyer - Bridging finance - undertaking by transferring attorney to pay against registration of transfer from proceeds of sale.
Jack Crook highlights a recent High Court case which sounded a warning to developers not to rely on the local authority to know the correct zoning of one's property.
Solarie v Solarie and Others - Cape High Court stamps down City of Cape Town's housing policy in favour of Muslim women.