CHANTELLE GLADWIN-WOOD
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Why does City of Johannesburg bill Residential Sectional Title Properties Business rates?

Article written by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood and Maike Gohl, both Partners at Schindlers Attorneys. 28 February 2022 INTRODUCTION Owners of sectional title units should be billed by their respective municipality for rates based on the rating category applicable to such units as set out in the municipality’s prevailing rates policy. In the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan
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The Rental Housing Tribunal: All Bark and No Bite?

Article written by Nombuyiselo Mvelase, Candidate Attorney, checked by Kyle Venter, Associate, and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 21 February 2022 Introduction The Rental Housing Tribunal has been described as being “all bark and no bite” in the sense that it does not have the authority to compel parties to act in
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Expropriation #8: Where on earth are we South Africa?

Article written by S’negugu Dlamini and Ayanda Motlou, Candidate Attorney’s, checked and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 08 February 2022 Introduction This article is one in a series on expropriation, which looks at some of the fundamental legal issues pertaining to expropriation against the backdrop of the history of the process of
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Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse v Minister of Transport and Others

Article written by Lesai Seema, Candidate Attorney, checked by Jarrod van der Heever, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Lee Binneman and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partners at Schindlers Attorneys. 07 February 2022 Introduction In and during October 2021, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (“OUTA”), a non-profit company and civil action organisation, challenged the constitutionality of the
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The Collapse of Crypto-Currency Trading Platforms – What Now?

Article written by Nombuyiselo Mvelase, Candidate Attorney, checked by Nicole Rens, Associate and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Senior partner at Schindlers Attorneys 04 February 2022 Introduction Mirror Trading International (“MTI”) was a well-known crypto-asset investment scheme which rose to fame during COVID.[1] It was exposed by its employees in late 2020 as being a scam,
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THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS ACT

THE ACT The Property Practitioners Act is new legislation which will have an impact on all estate agents. The Act was signed  by the President and published in the Government Gazette on 3 October 2019. Proclamation 47 of 2022 published in the Government Gazette on 14 January 2022 determined that 1 February 2022 is the
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Marital regimes in South Africa and Antenuptial Contracts

Requirements for a valid ANC
Requirements for a valid ANC Article written by Eileen Dexter, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Kirsten Chetty, Associate and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Senior Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. 12 January 2022 Different marriage regimes applicable in South African lawThere are three types of Matrimonial Property Regimes to choose from in South Africa: Marriage in community of
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Municipal Cyber Security (A Duty of Protection, and Sanctions for Non-Compliance)

Article written by Ayanda Motlou, Candidate Attorney, checked and released by Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Senior Partner at Schindlers Attorneys. Introduction We live in a digital age where almost all of our everyday activities are exercised through our devices. Technology has moved the needle forward in how we interact and go about our lives by widening the
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Architectural professionals workshop on CoJ online building plan application system

A City of Johannesburg Press Statement by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Development Planning, Cllr Belinda Echeozonjoku 20 January 2022 Release: Immediate The Department of Development Planning, on Tuesday, 18 January 2022, hosted a successful workshop on the City of Joburg Construction Permit Management System (CPMS) with SACAP- registered architectural professionals. The workshop
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Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others (CCT 241/20) [2021] ZACC 51 (31 December 2021)

INTRODUCTION Census data of 2016 reveals that approximately 3.2 million South Africans cohabit outside of marriage and that this number is increasing steadily. This matter concerns two issues. The first is whether a surviving partner in a permanent heterosexual life partnership in which the partners had undertaken reciprocal duties of support is entitled to claim
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