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Author: Ashwini Singh
Ashwini Singh
Law academic and affiliate of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, South Africa.
Can trustees raise a special levy to pay legal costs? South African law sets strict limits on when body corporates may impose special levies.
A practical guide to the appointment, powers and legal duties of body corporate chairpersons, and the remedies available when meeting procedures are not followed.
Law academic Ashwini Singh explains when trustees and owners can lose voting rights in sectional title schemes and how resolutions may be declared void.
Law academic Ashwini Singh examines a Pretoria High Court ruling that found a managing agent cannot continue acting for a body corporate once the contractual mandate has lapsed.
Ashwini Singh argues that managing agents who bypass trustee authority and legal requirements can expose sectional title schemes to serious risks.
Ashwini Singh argues that attorneys must be honest with clients in civil disputes, warning that poor legal advice and ignoring evidence lead to unnecessary costs, delays and damaging outcomes.
Ashwini Singh examines the challenges of parking in sectional title schemes, explaining owners’ rights, common property rules, and how careless parking affects residents.