Commercial Law

• Can a contract be signed on behalf of a company or a close corporation still to be registered?
• Can a sharholder force the company to provide him with the company’s books of account?
• I would like to buy a business. Should I buy the shares of the company owning the business or rather the business itself?
• Is ‘n versekeringsmaatskappy verplig om ‘n lewenspolis uit te betaal waar die oorledene onder die invloed van drank bestuur het en in ‘n motorongeluk gedood is?
• Is kapitaalwinsbelasting by die afsterwe van die eienaar van kapitale bates betaalbaar?
• Kan ‘n lid persoonlik aanspreeklik gehou word waar hy ‘n BK bedrieglike bestuur ?
• RENT DUE: A CREDITOR’S NIGHTMARE
• Should the seller insist on a surety from the representative of a company, close corporation or trust?
• THE DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF COMPANY DIRECTORS
• Waar kan ‘n verbruiker kla?
• Wat bepaal die die Wet op die Finansiële Intelligensiesentrum 2001, Wet 38 van 2001?
• Wat beteken die beginsel dat die herstel van besit by 'n grondeis ekonomies vatbaar moet wees?
• Wat is die relevansie van artikel 34 van die Insolvensiewet by die verkoop van ‘n eiendom wat ‘n inkomste verdien?
• Wat is die relevansie van artikel 34 van die Insolvensiewet by die verkoop van ‘n eiendom wat ‘n inkomste verdien?
• Watter beskerming bied die Maatskappyewet vir minderheidsaandeelhouers?
• What does “Offer + Acceptance = a Contract” mean?
• What does the Consumer Protection Act provide for?
• What is a 'rouwkoop' clause?
• What is the difference between a close corporation, a company and a trust?
• What is the effect of a suspensive condition in an agreement of sale?
• What mistakes are often made with filling in contracts of sale of the property?
• When is payment of my commission due and payable to me by my employer?
• When must close corporations or companies lodge annual returns?
• When must VAT, transfer duty and capital gains tax be paid to SARS on the sale of immovable property?
• Wie is die redelike man?
• Will the members of a close corporation be personally liable where it is deregistered?
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Constitutional Law

• A REVISIT OF SECTION 12(3) OF THE PRESCRIPTION ACT BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
• HATE SPEECH - BEWARE
• May I intercept your communication?
• Wat kan u kind skool toe aantrek?
• What types of cases are heard by the Constitutional Court?

Criminal Law

• 'n Nag in die selle - wat is jou regte?
• IF RESIDENTS ARE ATTACKED IN A SECURITY ESTATE, CAN THEY SUE THE HOA OR THE SECURITY COMPANY?
• SAPS National Instruction on trespassing, squatting and other violations of acts governing and controlling land ownership
• Wie is die redelike man?

Debt collection

• Can a creditor or his attorney be forced to accept a pay-off agreement in respect of an outstanding debt?
• Can a debtor's house be sold by another creditor where a bank has registered a bond over the property?
• Can both spouses be held liable for debts in respect of household necessities with a marriage out of community of property?
• How can I improve my credit control?
• How do I remove a judgment listed against me with one of the credit bureaus?
• How does the in duplum rule limit interest?
• Kan ‘n verhuurder op ‘n derde party se bates op die huurperseel beslag lê vir agterstallige huur?
• PAYSLIPS OR BANK STATEMENTS NO LONGER NECESSARY WHEN APPLYING FOR CREDIT
• The In Duplum Rule - How much interest can I recover from a debtor?
• Tips for debt collections
• Wat is ‘n administrasiebevel?
• Wat is ‘n vrywillige distribusie?
• Watter regstappe kan geneem word om skulde te vorder?
• What does the National Credit Act stipulate?
• What steps are taken to collect debt?
• When are you bound by a suretyship contained in a credit application form?
• When does interest on a debt start running and at what rate?
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Divorce and Maintenance Law

• At what date is the accrual determined in divorce matters?
• Clean-break principle and the The Government Employees Pension Fund (the GEPF)
• Do grandparents have to support their grandchildren?
• Egskeidingsbevele, onderhoudsbevele en boedelbeplanning
• Het kinders 'n regsplig om hulle ouers te onderhou?
• Hoe werk voogdyskap in die geval van egskeidings?
• Hoe word die bedrag onderhoud betaalbaar bepaal?
• How can the clean-break principle be achieved in the case of a divorce where a spouse is a member of the Government Employees Pension Fund?
• How is a maintenance claim calculated?
• In watter hof word onderhoudsaansoeke aangehoor?
• Is there a duty on children to maintain their parents?
• Spousal Maintenance: A Discretion - Not A Right
• Wanneer kom 'n onderhoudsplig tot 'n einde?
• Wat gedoen met onroerende goed by egskeidings?
• Wat is die proses om te volg met die aanmeld van onderhoudsklagtes?
• Wat sou die posisie wees indien hy wel ‘n testament gehad het wat voor die egskeidingsbevel verly is en waarin sy vrou nog die enigste erfgenaam is en hy kom drie weke na die egskeidingsbevel tot sterwe. Sal sy dan kan erf?
• Watter remedies het ek vir agterstallige onderhoud?
• What are grounds for divorce in South Africa?
• Wie het 'n onderhoudsplig?
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Family law

• Can the mother claim maintenance for herself while she is pregnant and maintenance for an unborn child?
• Do both spouses have to sign a contract for the sale of land where they entered into a customary marriage?
• Do both spouses have to sign a suretyship where they are married in community of property?
• Ek is binne gemeenskap van goedere getroud. Val die langslewende gade se bates ook in die bestorwe boedel?
• Ek is buite gemeenskap van goedere met die aanwas bedeling getroud. Hoe beïnvloed die aanwasbedeling die opstel van my testament?
• Ek is geskei. Kan ek voogde benoem tot uitsluiting van my voormalige gade?
• EVOLUTION OF CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES
• Grandparents’ right to a relationship with their grandchildren
• Guidelines for surrogacy applications
• How can I get the contact details of the father of my child, who fails to pay maintenance? Can I "blacklist" him?
• How old must a person be to get married?
• I am divorced. Can I appoint guardians for my minor children thereby excluding my former spouse?
• Is a contract of sale of land signed by only one spouse married in community of property valid?
• Is a wife required to take her husband’s last name?
• Is die vader ook ‘n voog van ‘n buite-egtelike kind?
• Kan ‘n gade nog die voordeel van ‘n huwelik binne gemeenskap van goedere geniet indien ‘n egskeidingsaksie aanhangig gemaak was voor datum van dood?
• Wanneer behoort ek 'n saamwoonooreenkoms te laat opstel?
• Wanneer kom 'n onderhoudsplig tot 'n einde?
• Wat bepaal die Wet op Voorkoming van Gesinsgeweld?
• Wat moet oorweeg word wanneer 'n huweliksgoederebedeling gekies word?
• Wat moet oorweeg word wanneer ‘n huweliksgoederebedeling in ‘n huwelikskontrak gekies word?
• Watter regsreëls geld by voogdyskap oor kinders en het 'n voog die reg om 'n plaasvervangende voog aan te wys?
• What are the rights of the natural father of a child born out of wedlock?
• What is a marriage out of community of property with the accrual system?
• What is the position of a spouse’s pension in the case of a divorce?
• What should be considered when choosing a marital regime in a marriage contract?
• When can a custodian parent remove a minor from RSA after the divorce?
• Wie behoort ek as voogde vir my minderjarige kinders te benoem?
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Intellectual Property Law

• Hoe word ‘n patent geregistreer?
• Why register a trade mark?

Labour Law

• Basic guidelines to unfair dismissal
• Basic guidelines to unfair dismissal
• Can employers arrange HIV-tests for their employees?
• CONCOURT SEALS THE FATE OF LABOUR BROKERS
• DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO PREVENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE
• I am busy buying a business and decided that I do not need a number of employees working for it. Can I retrench them?
• Kan ‘n werknemer ontslaan word deur sy werkgewer omdat hy in ‘n homoseksuele verhouding betrokke is?
• NO FIDELITY FUND CERTIFICATE: NO COMMISSION & NO VALID CONTRACT
• When is payment of my commission due and payable to me by my employer?
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Law of contract

• A voetstoots clause and a leaking roof
• Can a contract be signed on behalf of a company or a close corporation still to be registered?
• Can a contract be signed on behalf of a trust still to be registered?
• Can a purchaser renounce the benefit of a suspensive condition that a loan must be obtained before a certain date?
• Can blank pages in a contract lead to its invalidity?
• Do I always have to use the title deed description of the property in the contract?
• Does the “voetstoots” clause cover latent defects that the seller was aware of?
• Double sales: who wins?
• Is a contract of sale signed by a trustee acting without authority valid?
• Is a standard form contract of sale not completed throughly valid?
• Is agentekommissie voorgeskryf of slegs ‘n riglyn, m.a.w. mag die agent meer vra as wat voorgeskryf word? Kan dit ‘n kontrak ongeldig maak?
• Is an oral agreement of lease valid?
• Kan ‘n koper kan afstand doen van ‘n opskortende voorwaarde ten opsigte van ‘n lening?
• Wanneer kan die verkoper die kontrak kanselleer waar die koper versuim om die koopprys te betaal?
• Wat gebeur as die koper of verkoper voor registrasie van die oordrag tot sterwe kom?
• Wat is 'n rouwkoop?
• Wat is ‘n domicilium adres?
• What are the most important legal principles in respect of suspensive conditions?
• What does real rights of extension in a sectional title scheme entail?
• What does the doctrine of fictional fulfilment mean for the purchaser who fails to obtain a bond?
• What is a 'rouwkoop' clause?
• What is the effect of a “voetstoots clause” in a contract of sale?
• What is the effect of a suspensive condition in an agreement of sale?
• What mistakes are often made with filling in contracts of sale of the property?
• When can the landlord cancel a contract of lease?
• When can the landlord charge interest on arrear rental and at what rate?
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Law of delict

• ACTIO DE FERIS AND THE DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION: VAN DER WESTHUZEN V BURGER
• Do I have a duty to make my building safe?
• Dog owners beware: litigation bites too
• Dog owners beware: litigation bites too!
• Kan ‘n verhuurder op ‘n derde party se bates op die huurperseel beslag lê vir agterstallige huur?
• Kan ek uitkontrakteur uit my eie nalatigheid?
• THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE DROWNING OF A MINOR
• Third Party Claims
• Wat het die hof ten opsigte van laster bevind in die bekende hofsaak tussen Delta Motorkorporasie (Edms) Bpk en Jaco van der Merwe?
• Wat is 'n Anton Piller-bevel?
• Wat is die belangrikste regsbeginsels ten opsigte van die aanspreeklikheid van beheerliggame en openbare skole?
• What rights does my neighbour have? What does it mean to have the right to unimpeded enjoyment of your land?
• When can I be held liable for someone hurt while using the steps of my building?
• When can the SAPS be sued for damages suffered by crime victims?
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Mining and Environmental Law

• Alien and Invasive Species
• IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW 2018 MINING CHARTER
• Jan en Alleman en die Wet op die Bewaring van Landbouhulpbronne, Wet 43 van 1983, soos gewysig

Property Law

• Can a property subject to a usufruct be sold?
• Can I be held liable for a fire that spread beyond my property?
• CAN I BE HELD LIABLE FOR A FIRE THAT SPREADS BEYOND MY PROPERTY?
• Delayed gratification - suspension of an eviction order
• Die koper kry nie ? lening nie. Is daar ? Plan B?
• Do both spouses have to sign a contract for the sale of land where they are married in community of property?
• Do both spouses have to sign a contract for the sale of land where they entered into a customary marriage?
• Do I always have to use the title deed description of the property in the contract?
• Does a servitude lapse partially through prescription where only a part thereof is used?
• Does the municipality lose its rights to recover debts after a transfer has been registered?
• Does the other party have to sign again where I make small changes before signing a contract of sale?
• Double sales: who wins?
• Eiendoms oordrag: Hoe lank behoort ‘n transport te neem om te registreer, 6 weke of 6 maande?
• Eiendoms oordrag: Hoe lank behoort ‘n transport te neem om te registreer, 6 weke of 6 maande?
• Good news for HOA's
• Hoe werk ‘n vruggebruik by plase?
• Hoe werk koppel transaksies?
• Hoe word eiendomsagente ook nou betrek by die Wet op Hereregte?
• How do I deal with a dysfunctional home owners association when I need its consent for the transfer of a property?
• I want to sell my property, but the homeowners association is dysfunctional?
• Is a contract of sale of land signed by the parties without any witnesses valid?
• Is a standard form contract of sale not completed throughly valid?
• Is agentekommissie voorgeskryf of slegs ‘n riglyn, m.a.w. mag die agent meer vra as wat voorgeskryf word? Kan dit ‘n kontrak ongeldig maak?
• Is an oral agreement of lease valid?
• Kan 'n eiendom, wat deur bedrog bekom is, behou word?
• LIABILITY OF THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS FOR NEGLIGENT TRANSFER OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
• Sale of property and the National Credit Act
• THREE TRANSFERS COST LESS THAN ONE – YOU MUST BE JOKING!
• Uitklaringsertifikate - hoeveel kan die munisipaliteit verhaal?
• Vir watter bedrae kan plaaslike regerings uitstaande skulde met uitklaringsertifikate verhaal?
• Wanneer is BTW betaalbaar ten opsigte van die verkoop van ‘n eiendom?
• Wanneer verjaar ‘n reg op ‘n deurgangspad?
• Wat doen ek as ‘n koper weier om die oordragdokumente te teken?
• Wat gebeur as die koper of verkoper voor registrasie van die oordrag tot sterwe kom?
• Wat is 'n privaat verband?
• Wat kan ek doen as ek geen water het nie as gevolge van my buurman se boorgat?
• What are the most common methods of ensuring that the purchase price is paid upon registration of the transfer of the property?
• What are the steps to sell subdivided agricultural land?
• What does huur gaat voor koop mean?
• What does real rights of extension in a sectional title scheme entail?
• What happens if the purchaser or the seller pass away before the registration of the transfer of the property?
• What percentage commission can an estate agent charge?
• When are fixtures and fittings part of the house sold?
• When does the purchaser have to pay VAT to the seller on the sale of property?
• When is VAT payable on the sale of a property?
• When will the voetstoots clause save the seller?
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Sport Law

• Aanspreeklikheid van Onderwyser Afrigters
• Can injuries sustained on the sports field give rise to liability?
• Eugenie Bouchard Reaches Settlement With USTA In Lawsuit Over US Open Fall
• Football transfers and the role of agents in a transfer
• We are proud to announce our association with INSEA™!
• What does a sport lawyer do?
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The court system

• Is internetdobbelary wettig waar die besigheid vanuit Swaziland bedryf word?
• RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF SECTION 4(3) OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP ACT
• Wat is ‘n domicilium adres?
• What are South Africa’s various courts?
• What types of cases are heard by the Constitutional Court?

Wills, Trusts and Estates

• Behoort ek my testament met my erfgename te bespreek?
• Behoort ek nou ‘n familie trust te registreer of eerder gebruik te maak van ‘n testamentêre trust?
• Behoort ek spesifieke bates aan spesifieke erfgename te bemaak?
• Betaal ‘n lewenspolis uit waar die oorledene dronk bestuur het en in ‘n motorongeluk gesterf het?
• Can a contract be signed on behalf of a trust still to be registered?
• Can a minor child execute a will?
• Can I appoint replacing trustees for my family trust in my will?
• Can I rule from the grave in my will?
• Checklist for your will
• Die oorledene bepaal in sy testament dat sy mediese dokter die masjiene moet afskakel sodat hy te sterwe kan kom waar hy breindood is en slegs deur die masjiene aan die lewe gehou word. Is sodanige bepaling geldig?
• Die oorledene het vergeet om die polisbenoeming te verander ten spyte van 'n ooreenkoms dat hy dit sou doen. Wat nou?
• Die oorledene kom tot sterwe sonder ‘n testament en laat ‘n vrou en drie kinders agter. Sal die vrou alleen erf?
• Die oorledene kom tot sterwe sonder ‘n testament en laat ‘n vrou en drie kinders agter. Sal die vrou alleen erf?
• Die oorledene se oorspronklike testament is verlore. Wat nou?
• Die oorledene skryf in sy testament voor dat sy seun sy erfporsie sou verbeur as hy ‘n persoon sou trou wat nie die Joodse geloof volg nie. Is hierdie voorwaarde geldig?
• Die oorledene was binne gemeenskap van goedere getroud met sy eggenote. Hy kom te sterwe. Val haar halwe aandeel van die gemeenskaplike boedel ook in die bestorwe boedel?
• Die testateur is geestesongesteld maar belewe ‘n helder oomblik en verly gedurende hierdie helder oomblik ‘n testament. Is die testament geldig?
• Die testateur is geestesongesteld maar belewe ‘n helder oomblik en verly gedurende hierdie helder oomblik ‘n testament. Is die testament geldig?
• Die testatrise is ‘n 15 jarige dogter wat ‘n testament laat opstel en dit behoorlik saam met twee getuies in mekaar se teenwoordigheid teken. Is die testament geldig?
• Do I need an independent trustee for my family trust?
• Do you have a will? When last did you update your will?
• Do you have to appoint an independent outsider as co-trustee?
• Egskeidingsbevele, onderhoudsbevele en boedelbeplanning
• Ek bemaak my plaas aan my seun in my testament. Wat word van die bemaking as ek intussen die plaas verkoop en tot sterwe kom sonder om die testament te wysig?
• Ek is binne gemeenskap van goedere getroud. Val die langslewende gade se bates ook in die bestorwe boedel?
• Ek is binne gemeenskap van goedere getroud. Val die langslewende gade se bates ook in die bestorwe boedel?
• Ek is buite gemeenskap van goedere met die aanwas bedeling getroud. Hoe beïnvloed die aanwasbedeling die opstel van my testament?
• Ek is vir ‘n tweede keer getroud en het kinders uit my eerste huwelik. Hoe kan ek vir die kinders in my testament sorg en ook iets aan my gade nalaat?
• Hoe in my testament gemaak met my kinders uit my eerste huwelik?
• Hoe kan ek seker maak dat my kinders erf en my vrou ook versorg is?
• How can estate duty be saved?
• How do I use a family trust for estate planning?
• I am married for a second time and have children from my first marriage. How can I provide for my children in my will land also leave something to my spouse?
• I am married in community of property. Do the assets of the surviving spouse also form part of the deceased estate?
• I am married out of community of property with the accrual system. How does the accrual system influence the drafting of my will?
• In ‘n gesamentlike testament benoem die testateur en testatrise die langslewende as eksekuteur. Albei het nog nooit bestorwe boedels beredder nie en het geen regsagtergrond nie. Is die bepaling geldig?
• Is 'n testamentêre bepaling vir studiebeurse gekoppel aan 'n rassistiese voorwaarde afdwingbaar?
• Is 'n testamentêre voorwaarde dat ’n erfgenaam nie weer mag trou nie geldig?
• Is a contract of sale signed by a trustee acting without authority valid?
• Is a partner in a same sex relationship still entitled to benefit from the intestate testate of his/her deceased partner?
• Is a will drafted by someone else, but in accordance with your oral instructions, valid?
• Is daar boedelbelasting betaalbaar waar die langslewende gade alles erf?
• Is estate duty payable where the surviving spouse inherits everything?
• Is kapitaalwinsbelasting by die afsterwe van die eienaar van kapitale bates betaalbaar?
• Kan 'n eiendom, wat deur bedrog bekom is, behou word?
• Kan 'n langslewende gade onderhoud van 'n bestorwe boedel eis waar sy deur haar kinders ondersteun word?
• Kan ‘n gade intestaat erf indien ‘n egskeidingsaksie aanhangig gemaak is?
• Kan ‘n gade nog die voordeel van ‘n huwelik binne gemeenskap van goedere geniet indien ‘n egskeidingsaksie aanhangig gemaak was voor datum van dood?
• Kan ‘n minderjarige kind 'n testament verly?
• Kan ‘n persoon wat nie kan lees of skryf nie ‘n testament verly?
• Kan die langslewende gade haar adiasie van die gesamentlike testament, wat vir boedelsamesmelting voorsiening maak, terugtrek?
• Kan ek ‘n persoon anders as die natuurlike vader as voog in my testament benoem?
• Kan ek in my testament vervangende trustees vir my familie trust benoem?
• Kan ek my plaas aan my seun bemaak op die voorwaarde dat dit daarna na my kleinseun gaan?
• Kan ek voorskrifte oor my vrou se leefwyse na my afsterwe in my testament maak?
• Kan jou erfporsie verdeel word onder jou skuldeisers?
• Kan kontanterfporsies aan minderjarige erfgename uitbetaal word?
• Kan ʼn huwelikskontrak ook ʼn testamentêre bepaling daarstel?
• Kontrolelys vir jou testament
• Kontrolelys vir jou testament
• Moet ek 'n onafhanklike trustee aanstel?
• Moet ek ‘n afsonderlike testament vir buitelandse bates verly?
• My seun het ‘n baie riskante besigheid en ondervind tans finansiële probleme. Hoe kan ek seker maak dat sy erfporsie nie in sy insolvente boedel val indien hy op datum van my afsterwe insolvent sou wees?
• My son runs a very risky business. How can I ensure that his inheritance does not fall into his insolvent estate should he be insolvent on date of my death?
• Ons verwag ons eerste kind. Kan ons in ons testament voorsiening maak vir die kind?
• Q & A Testaments with Volker Krüger
• Should I appoint an additional executor in my will for foreign assets?
• Should I bequeath specific assets to specific heirs?
• Should I discuss my will with my heirs?
• Should I register a family trust now or rather provide for a testamentary trust in my will?
• Should I register a family trust?
• Teen watter koers word boedelbelasting op bestorwe boedels gehef?
• Val die eiendom, wat volgens die testament, waarvolgens dit geërf is, uitgesluit is van die huwelik binne gemeenskap van goedere, in die insolvente gemeenskaplike boedel?
• Waaruit word die boedelbelasting en boedelberedderingskostes betaal?
• Wanneer kan ‘n eksekuteur van sy amp onthef word?
• Wanneer kan ‘n voog ‘n plaasvervanger in ‘n testament benoem?
• Wanneer kan ʼn eksekuteur van sy amp onthef word?
• Wanneer lei onbehoorlike beïnvloeding tot die ongeldigheid van 'n testamente
• Wanneer lei onbehoorlike beïnvloeding tot die ongeldigheid van ’n testamente?
• Wanneer moet ek my testament hersien?
• Wanneer moet skenkings aan erfgename ingebring word?
• Wat behoort ek as vrou te weet van my regte as langslewende gade?
• Wat is ‘n lewende testament?
• Wat is die pligte van trustees?
• Wat is die voorgeskrewe eksekuteursvergoeding vir die bereddering van 'n bestorwe boedel?
• Wat sou die posisie wees indien hy wel ‘n testament gehad het wat voor die egskeidingsbevel verly is en waarin sy vrou nog die enigste erfgenaam is en hy kom drie weke na die egskeidingsbevel tot sterwe. Sal sy dan kan erf?
• Watter dokumente en inligting het ek nodig om 'n bestorwe boedel aan te meld?
• We are expecting our first child. Can we provide for him / her in our will?
• We support National Wills Week!
• What are the duties of the trustees?
• What documents and information do I need to report a deceased estate?
• What formalities have to be complied with when a will is signed?
• What is a living will?
• What is a usufruct?
• What should be in my will?
• When last did you check your will?
• When will a document intended to be a will, be recognised by our courts as a valid will?
• Who should I appoint as executor of my estate?
• Who should I appoint as guardians of my minor children?
• Who should I appoint as trustee of the trust for my minor children?
• Wie behoort ek as eksekuteur van my boedel te benoem?
• Wie behoort ek as trustees van my minderjarige kinders se trust te benoem?
• Will my ex-spouse still inherit in terms of my will after our divorce?
• Wills and Testament Summary
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