Written By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner; Lauren Squier, Associate; and Kirsten Chetty, Associate Introduction Over the last few weeks, Schindlers has received an influx of reports confirming that the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“COJ”) is currently embarking on a process of conducting section 78(5) valuation reviews. This process entails COJ the reconsidering the current valuation

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner) and Lindokuhle Mashilo (Candidate Attorney)  Introduction This article will explain what kind of rebate is applicable to properties within the jurisdiction of the City of Johannesburg (“COJ”) municipal boundary, based on losses suffered as a result of COVID-19, as set out in the COJ’s 2020.2021 Rates Policy (a copy of which

By Anja Van Wijk, Senior Associate and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner         Introduction Due to the time, costs and the risk of a poor (or no) recovery occasioned with the institution of legal proceedings by a landlord against a tenant for arrear rentals, it is predicted that the main focus of landlords will now

By Chantelle Gladwin, Partner and Maike Gohl, Partner Introduction When auditing Body Corporate municipal accounts, Schindlers often discovers that the account is still in the name of the developer. Legally, this is incorrect, and it can cause significant prejudice to all parties concerned. In Part 1 of this article we consider whose responsibility it is

By Chantelle Gladwin, Partner and Maike Gohl, Partner                                      Introduction When auditing Body Corporate municipal accounts, Schindlers often discovers that the account is still in the name of the developer. Legally, this is incorrect, and it can cause

By Chantelle Gladwin, Partner and Maike Gohl, Partner                                      Introduction Imagine that you own a building that you rent out.  Imagine it is highjacked and the best lawyers in the country tell you it will take at least

By Anja Van Wijk, Senior Associate and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction The chances of any landlord or tenant coming out of the COVID pandemic unscathed are very low. Now, more than ever, the chances of a landlord being placed in the same position as if the breach had never occurred by way of the recovery

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner; Lisa Schmidt, Associate andAyanda David Katjitae, Associate Introduction Many owners living in sectional title schemes fail to pay their levies on time or at all in terms of their management contracts.  Management contracts (which are contracts that deal with the obligations and duties of the managing agent as prescribed by the

By Marc Barros Gevers, Candidate Attorney and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction The City of Johannesburg (“The City”) has a number of financial assistance measures in place for its consumers. Each of these measures has their own specific requirements that a consumer would have to meet in order to qualify. Examples include the Pensioners’ Rebate and