Knoetze Law Inc.

03/10/2025

Baie geluk aan ons kandidaat-prokureur, Johannes Burger, wat met sy eerste poging geslaag het in al vier toelatings-eksamens, en dit boonop met 'n gemiddelde van meer as 76% in totaal. Harde werk werp vrugte af. Knap gedaan.

21/10/2024

Getting married soon? We provide advice regarding the different marital regimes and draft and register your antenuptial contract. Don't getting married in community of property. I was in court listening to matters in Third Division last Thursday waiting for a Rule 43 (an application for interin maintenance and legal costs) hearing. And as the wise judge said obiter in another matter before her: this is the worst. We can also help you to change your marital regime.

16/10/2024

Congratulations to our Candidate Attorney, Jacques Hoffman, who passed his admission exams! We are so proud of you!

08/10/2024

Over the past month, I saw a policy document and a liquidation and distribution account of one of the businesses that sells you insurance and misleadingly advertises that your estate will be wound up without executors fees. Mmm. Needless to say, the so called policy benefits are so limited that it does not cover the full costs of administration of the estate or transfer costs - in fact very little. Probably, if it would cover all costs, the premiums would be unaffordable. Wolves in sheeps clothes. And then some even say...you do no need a lawyer. Like in really? Big business wants to scare the public against using a qualified legal practitioner and then administer the estate with admin personnel who are not lawyers? I know what I would prefer. Qualifications and personal service. Not idiotic systems and different staff all the time. Plus, most lawyers are willing to negotiate a fee. Aikona if you take out these policies. The "benefit" I saw today is probably less than the discount a legal practitioner would give. And, if you support a legal practitioner, your money does not go to the shareholders and bank/insurance bosses earning much more in a day than most people in SA makes in a year. Did you know most legal practitioners in SA are sole proprietors, meaning that they work hard to earn a living? Plus, we provide pro bono services to the public. Must still see a bank/big insurance company doing that. Also. Not true that you don't need a lawyer. Only a conveyancer, i.e. specialist lawyer may transfer immovable property. Rather save the premiums and support small business and a local attorney.

03/10/2024

Property sellers: you do not have to use the attorney proposed by an estate agent. You have the right to appoint your own conveyancer who can look after your interests. We provide personal, quick and efficient service. Let us peruse your deed of sale prior to signature. It can save a lot of stress and problems that we as conveyancers have to sort out afterwards due to a generic agreement being used.

24/09/2024

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Wanneer iemand aan ’n toestand soos demensie of Alzheimer se siekte ly wat hul vermoë om te d**k en besluite te neem, beïnvloed, en of hulle nie die gevolge of aard van hul dade verstaan nie, is dit waarskynlik dat hulle nie meer handelingsbevoeg is nie.

20/09/2024

Lees gerus ons artikel van vandag oor kuratele in Die Burger Gesond.

30/08/2024

I often get asked the question: why do I need an antenuptial agreement? The most important reason in my view is not that it only regulates the financial agreement between a couple, but protects the one against creditors of the other. Which, if the paw-paw strikes the fan, can help to prevent a divorce, keeping a family unit intact through bad times.

Ons reg het al so ontwikkel dat dit nie meer soos in die ou dae is waar die man vir die vrou die huweliksgeskenke en sê R5000 gee in 'n HVK nie en sy niks kry in die geval van egskeiding of dood nie. By egskeiding kan daar selfs in die geval van huwelike buite gemeenskap van goed 'n regverdige verdeling van bates gemaak word deur die hof. By dood is die langslewende gade weer beskerm deur die Wet op Onderhoud van Langslewende Gades.

29/08/2024

Did you know that to be an attorney, one of the admission exam subjects that we have to pass is bookkeeping? Almost all matters in the law deals with some or other aspect of finances. I love the combination of words and numbers in the profession. In my view, some of the best matric subjects that will help with a career in law are maths, accounting and history.

21/08/2024

13/08/2024

Dis lekker as kliënte ons personeel komplimenteer vir goeie werk. Dankie Jaccques Hoffman!

08/08/2024

To be financially intelligent is a must. I see too many people, especially women, who has no clue what their husband or life partner earns or does with his money, or, for that matter, their own. And then totally depends on him to care for her. This is a mistake. When divorce or death hits, poverty, and in many cases, family disputes then come along. Contact us to assist you if you need assistance to get what you rightfully should. Ons beredder boedels, dien eise teen boedels in, en kan help in die geval van finansiële dispute met egskeidings en in geval van dood.