Beyond the Fine: When Can a Body Corporate Interdict a Disruptive Owner?
Living in a sectional title complex requires a careful balance between enjoying your own home and respecting your neighbours. While most owners and tenants follow the rules, almost every trustee and managing agent eventually runs into a nightmare scenario: an occupant who completely ignores the complex’s rules and makes life miserable for everyone else. Whether […]
Injury responsibility under Sectional Title Schemes?
The case of Du Plooy and The Cascades Body Corporate and Another deals with a slip-and-fall incident by one of the owners in the scheme and member of the body corporate who was subsequently entrusted by the owners with the duty of the cleaning and gardening services. Mr. Du Plooy, as Plaintiff, slipped and fell […]
Disputes with body corporate: Homeowners’ remedies
Our office recently dealt with a matter where the trustees of the body corporate of a certain sectional title scheme clamped the wheel of the car of one of its homeowners because he did not park on his allocated parking bay. Even though the homeowner did not park on his allocated parking bay, he could […]