CARMEL RICKARD: Lockdown property rental dispute
In deciding a lockdown property rental dispute, the courts have turned to wartime case law
16 September 2021 - 05:00
For many businesses and individuals, dealing with Covid has been like fighting a war. Now a court has adopted the simile, quoting legal decisions from wartime that apply to the situation in which lessees find themselves today.
Freestone Property Investments wanted the court to evict a tenant, Remake Consultants, from the Joburg premises it was renting, The Colony, because arrears stood at almost R630,000...
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