Conveyancing is the legal process by which ownership of immovable property is transferred from a seller to a purchaser. It includes drafting and lodging documents, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, managing payments, and registering the transfer at the Deeds Office.
Some of our services include, but not limited to:
Typical requirements include:
Additional documents may be required depending on the transaction.
FICA (Financial Intelligence Centre Act) requires attorneys to verify the identity and address of clients to prevent fraud, money laundering, and financial crime. Transfer cannot proceed without full FICA compliance.
Transfer duty is a tax payable to SARS on property purchases above the applicable
threshold, unless the transaction is VAT-rated. It must be paid before transfer can be lodged.
Click here to use our Conveyancing Calculator to calculate the costs of either your Transfer Cost, Bond Cost or Bond Repayment.
Our team specializes in resolving conflicts efficiently through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. We aim to settle disputes amicably and provide strong representation in formal proceedings, ensuring our clients’ rights and interests are effectively protected.
Commercial law is an assemblage of law that applies to the conduct of persons and businesses engaged in commercial merchandising, trade and sales.
Whether you are a business or individual, the contract you enter into is significant in guaranteeing a powerful business relationship and expanding on efficacy and mitigating risk for the contracting parties.
Our focus is on estate planning, solution-driven tax advice, drafting of wills, the administration of estates and the provision of industry leading online and face-to-face trust administration services.
Our dedicated office of conveyancing specialists in Umhlanga operates with highly qualified staff and partner firms nationally to facilitate sales, administration, management and development of property transactions throughout the country.
Notarial law and practice encompass the drafting and registration of: Ante-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Contracts, Mortgages, Leases, Servitudes, Donations, Protests, Powers of Attorney and Authentication, Attestation and Certification for foreign and local jurisdictions.
Our firm has vast experience in all aspects of Family law, which covers the scope of Divorce, Maintenance, Custody, Guardianship, Paternity, Child Protection, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Incapacity, Co-habitation and Family Trusts.
Consisting of attorneys and former magistrates, our Debt Recovery team offers professional investigation, collections, litigation and post-judgment recovery services for small and medium-sized companies as well as corporate institutions.
Our insurance department is vastly experienced and able to resolve insurance-related disputes by the most effective and commercial means available.
Insolvency and Business Rescue is a vital service offered by the Pather & Pather team to assist in restructuring the affairs of a company to ensure it continues its existence and avoids liquidation.
Matters relating to the investigation, negotiation and review of decisions made by public entities fall into this category.
Our team provides comprehensive property law services, including property transfers, lease agreements, property development, and resolving disputes. We ensure that all property transactions are handled with precision and efficiency, offering strategic guidance to protect our clients’ property rights and interests.
Labour Law is one of the most pertinent issues in South Africa, and covered extensively in the media and in courts countrywide. It is essentially the governance of the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government.
If you have sustained injuries and losses as a result of a motor vehicle accident, you may well have a viable claim against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) for compensation.
