S Roux Inc

16/11/2024

“Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait.” (Will Rogers)Summer’s a great time to look for property. With the year winding down and the holiday season upon us, many sellers who’ve been holding back are now putting their properties back onto the market, so expect to see some great new buys...

15/11/2024

05/11/2024

“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” (Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet)Your wedding to-do list will be a long one, and getting all the “boring legal bits” in order before you marry may not seem like a huge priority. But it is. Choices you make now will affect ...

01/10/2024

“A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.” (Hesiod, 700 BCE)It seems that every community has at least one nightmare neighbour who delights in objecting to everything, fighting with residents and management at every turn, and becoming abusive and aggressive whe...

06/08/2023

More and more couples are opting to live together as permanent life partners rather than enter into a formal marriage. The risk for such couples is that whilst our law is steadily (if slowly and cautiously) extending many of the protections of formal marriage to unmarried life partners, that process...

29/06/2023

A recent High Court case highlights once again the dangers of lending money, or granting credit, in contravention of our credit laws. By understanding the pitfalls associated with being an unregistered credit provider and of not complying with the National Credit Act (NCA), you can protect yourself from the potential legal and financial risks.