Intellectual Property is also an Asset
Intellectual Property is also an Asset
Court finds that Rental Remains Due despite Covid-19 Restrictions
By Geraldine Southern – Senior Associate
In November 2020, our client, landlord of a major shopping centre in Sandton instructed us to claim arrear rental and associated charges of over R2 million which included the months of hard lockdown imposed…
How Landlords can Reduce their Legal Bills: Advice from a Lawyer
By Liad Hadar – Director
Given the widespread financial constraints and risk facing commercial, retail and industrial landlords, Hadar Inc’s director, Liad Hadar, shares 3 practical ways to reduce the legal expenses…
How to Protect & Grow Property Asset Value – Part 3 of 3
The Lag Effect By Liad Hadar – Director
The first two articles in this series dealt with how to identify a good tenant and best practices of managing the landlord-tenant dynamic. In following this advice…
How to Protect & Grow Property Asset Value – Part 2 of 3
Best Practices For Managing Tenants By Liad Hadar – Director
Following part one of this three-part series (May 2021 edition), which covered how to identify a good tenant, this article deals with best practices of managing…
How to Protect & Grow Property Asset Value – Part 1 of 3
How to identify a good tenant By Liad Hadar – Director
The main goal of owning or managing any property is protecting and growing the asset’s value. Whilst this may seem fairly obvious, there is unfortunately no straightforward…
The Landlord-Tenant Relationship Breakdown
By Liad Hadar – Director
Advice from a Hardened Property Litigator I’ve dealt with hundreds, if not thousands, of landlord-tenant disputes. My firm has been entrusted to represent landlords in some of our country’s most technical legal…
The Great Boundary Wall Debate
By Geraldine Southern – Senior Associate
While most of our property law practice involves disputes between landlords and tenants, property buyers and sellers and even municipalities and their constituents, every now and then we are instructed in a…
Law Firm 2.0
By Liad Hadar – Director
Law – one of the oldest and most noble of professions. How has it evolved with the times? When one considers the very origins of the legal profession– its initial purpose was for a good orator to plead a case…
Residential Eviction Misconceptions
By Liad Hadar – Director
“You will never get that tenant out!” “The Law only protects the tenant, the landlord receives no help” “Lock out the tenant – it’s the only way” “The residential eviction process can take years” “It will cost…
Rental Law Q&A
By Liad Hadar – Director
In response to our article Fin24 Money Clinic article that was run on 17 June 2020 – Am I liable to pay rent for a flat I’m not yet occupying? Click here to read more. Reader question: I have a problem and need information according…