Estate planning is the arrangement and management of an estate owner’s estate to the effect that the estate owner and his beneficiaries can enjoy maximum benefit from his worldly possessions during his lifetime and after ...

From time to time the court delivers a judgment that has a ripple effect beyond what was expected, resulting in estate planners reconsidering their planning strategies. Such a judgment was the judgment delivered by the ...

Trusts have long been effective and beneficial estate planning instruments for various reasons, amongst which their favourable flow-through nature (with special reference to applicable tax benefits). For purposes of estate ...

Estate planning is the process during which a plan is set up in order to regulate the use, conservation and transfer of the estate owner's assets. The division of ownership and use of property by means of personal servitudes ...

The main focus of this study is to assess how effective the current legislation is in regulating the trustees in the administration of trust property in South Africa in order to prevent maladministration and abuse of trusts. ...

Estate duty in South Africa is levied in terms of the Estate Duty Act since 1955. Estate duty is currently calculated at a flat rate of 20% on the amount of which the net worth of an estate exceeds a primary rebate of R3,5 ...

Religious and cultural practices and values play an important role in funerals and how funerals should be conducted. This creates considerable conflict in the African customary law among heirs and family members when ...

The focus of this study is to investigate the possible reason why black couples contract marriages in community of property although the dangers regarding the consequences of the possible insolvency of the parties' joint ...

South Africa entered a new era on 1 May 2004 with the commencement of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (hereafter the MPRDA). Section 3 states that the mineral and petroleum resources are ...

Sectional ownership has introduced several new concepts of property that differ significantly from prevailing as well as common-law concepts of property. The right of extension with regards to sectional titles is one ...