MAIKE GOHL
Senior Associate

LLB (UP)

PRACTICE AREAS
Municipal Law
Commercial Law
Pro Bono
Property Law

+27 (0) 11 448 9679
[email protected]

Can COJ be held liable for its Negligence/Failures?

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner) and Maike Gohl (Partner) Introduction  A question commonly asked by consumers is whether the COJ will be compensating them for their difficulty in dealing with the COJ in investigating and resolving their queries.  This is because it can take months (or even years), and costs thousands of Rands in expert’s reports/assistance
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COJ’s “Change of Sewer Tariffs”

Written By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner; Lauren Squier, Associate; and Kirsten Chetty, Associate Introduction The City of Johannesburg (“COJ”) has advised many sectional title body corporates that it has or will adjusted their municipal accounts to “change the sewer tariff from ‘block of flat’s’ to ‘multi-dwelling’”. In several cases that we have seen this has resulted
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Deposits and The City of Johannesburg

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner, and Maike Gohl, Partner        Introduction Schindlers has received numerous enquiries recently as to the legality of the City of Johannesburg (“the CoJ”) firstly demanding deposits (or dramatically increased deposits) from consumers, and secondly, debiting these deposits to the consumers’ monthly municipal accounts. This appears to be taking place
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Who should be Opening Body Corporate Electricity and Water Accounts?  The Developer or the Body Corporate – Part 2

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
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Who Should be Opening Body CorporateElectricity and Water Accounts? TheDeveloper or the Body Corporate – Part 1

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
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To Cut or Not To Cut: The Million Dollar Question

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
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HOW TO ACCESS CITY OF TSHWANE’S 2020 GENERAL VALUATION ROLL

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood and Maike Gohl 1. Log on to Tshwane’s website:  http://www.tshwane.gov.za. 2. Click on the “Services” tab at the top of the page. 3. Click on the link on the right hand side, in the list that appears, under “Quick Links”, for “Property Valuation”. You can also go straight to this page by
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Sectional Title Schemes in Hot Water

By Maike Gohl, Partner and Lauren Squier, Associate Designate Introduction We often see sectional title schemes that have had suffered substantial losses as a result of water leaks, which have resulted in the body corporate becoming liable to the municipalities for hundreds of thousands of Rands, if not millions, as a result of a problem
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Tshwane’s 2020 General Valuation Roll

Contributors: Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner and Maike Gohl, Partner INTRODUCTION The City of Tshwane (“Tshwane” or “COT”) 2020 General Valuation Roll (“2020 GV”) has been released for public inspection and comment. It will remain open for inspection and objection until 5 May 2020.   It is avialable for inspection electronically on COT’s website at http://www.tshwane.gov.za/PropertyValuations/NewSearch.aspx.  It is
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MUNICIPALITIES AND “SNAIL MAIL”

INTRODUCTION This article considers the legal obligation of municipalities when it comes to sending notices, letters of demand and court documents via e-mail, “snail mail” (ordinary post) and “certified” or “registered” mail. This is important to consumers of municipalities because if the municipality in question fails to serve properly in accordance with law, the demand
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