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What print or font is too small for a contract?

07 June 2018

I recently bought a second-hand car from a local car dealership. Not long afterwards the car started giving me trouble.... When I took it back to the dealership, they said it was not their responsibility as the contract I had signed transferred all responsibility to me. They showed me the contract, but most of it was printed so small that I couldn’t even read it let alone understand it. Surely I should at least be able to read a contract to be bound by it?

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What to do if my antenuptial contract is invalid?

16 May 2018

My wife and I were married on 3 March 2017. Before we entered into our marriage, we decided that it... was best for our matrimonial property regime to be governed as one of out of community of property with accrual. We then looked up a notary in the area and signed an antenuptial contract on the 14 February 2017. We never heard anything more from the notary. I am now seeking to buy a unit in an upcoming new scheme and the conveyancer dealing with the property is asking for my antenuptial contract to confirm my marital status as out of community of property. I have forwarded her my antenuptial contract. To my surprise, she claims that the antenuptial contract is invalid. How can this be, as I have signed before the date of my marriage in front of a notary public and had the intention of my marriage being one out of community of property?

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Black or blue…? Or red for a bit of variety!

11 April 2016

I’ve often wondered if an agreement must be signed with black ink. What happens if it is signed with a... blue of even red or green pen? Is it invalid?

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Can I take my satellite dish with me?

14 April 2015

Mr Purchaser is excited about buying the flat from Mr Seller, more so as the flat comes with an installed... DSTV satellite dish to which he only needs to connect his decoder to watch the Rugby World Cup later this year! Mr Seller however has no intention of leaving his satellite dish behind as he also wants to watch the rugby from his new flat. But can Mr Seller just take his dish, or is Mr Purchaser entitled to have the dish remain behind?

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Kan ‘n kontrak regtens deur die stuur van ‘n epos gekanselleer word?

16 March 2015

Met die spoedige ontwikkeling van tegnologie moet enige besigheidsman deesdae nie net op hoogte bly van tegnologiese verwikkelinge nie maar... ook met verwikkelinge in die reg. In die hedendaagse lewe word ooreenkomste gereguleer deur kontrakte wat geteken word deur al die partye. Dit bring na vore die vraag of digitale kommunikasie relevant is vir ons kontraktereg en selfs meer spesifiek, of ‘n party byvoorbeeld ‘n ooreenkoms regmatig kan kanselleer deur die stuur van ‘n epos?

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Can you cancel a contract by email?

16 March 2015

Your agreement is signed, sealed and delivered! You know that in the agreement a non-variation clause stipulates that no variation... or consensual termination of the agreement shall be of any force or effect unless in writing and signed by both parties thereto. This clause seems simple enough…. If you want to cancel the agreement, all you have to do is ensure that it is in writing and signed. What can possibly go wrong?

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