Property law

Property Law is the area of law that deals with the rights and obligations in respect of property.  It governs the various forms of ownership / possession and control in real property (land as distinct from personal or movable possessions) and in personal property, within the legal system.

In our law, there is a distinction between movable and immovable property. Movable property roughly corresponds to personal property, while immovable property corresponds to real estate, and the associated rights and obligations thereon.

Property lawyers or property attorneys would assist with:

• Preparing of documentation for sale/ purchase/ lease of property
• Legal support to property development
• Overseeing the legal formalities in property sales
• Assisting with financial arrangements and security transactions
• Opening of townships
• Opening of sectional title registers 
• Transfers of properties for both freehold and sectional title
• Mortgage and notarial bond registrations
• Preparing of Lease Agreements
• Registration of servitudes and other real rights against title deeds
• Project management and project support.