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Contracts and Contract Law

Providing a broad range of commercial and contract law services, including advice in the investing in industrial or commercial property, commercial contracting support, and drafting and negotiation of various agreements, tailored to the specific needs and requirements of each client.

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Marthinus Coenraad Janse van Rensburg

Director, Commercial, Estates and Property

Marthinus MC Janse van Rensburg is one of the founders of Van Rensburg Schoon Attorneys and is an Attorney of... the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Legal Practice Council of South Africa.

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Kempton Park

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Willem Christoffel Esterhuizen

Director, Conveyancing and Property Law

Willem Esterhuizen is an Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa.

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Kempton Park

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Marthinus Coenraad Janse van Rensburg

Director, Commercial, Estates and Property

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Kempton Park

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011 970 1203

Willem Christoffel Esterhuizen

Director, Conveyancing and Property Law

Willem Esterhuizen is an Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa.

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Kempton Park

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011 970 1203

How conditional is a performance guarantee?

15 November 2021

Our company recently had to provide a performance guarantee to guarantee work we have to do on a large civil... project we have been contracted for. There have been a number of labour and environmental issues which have affected our ability to deliver with the contracted timeframes on the work, and the client is threatening to enforce our performance

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Can a settlement agreement override fair tender procedures?

10 February 2021

After losing a tender, we lodged a complaint with the department against their awarding of the tender to a bidder... who we are aware operates in a less than reputable fashion. The department informed us they would cancel the tender. Subsequently we have heard that although the tender was cancelled, the department wants to enter into a settlement agre

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How valid is signing an agreement electronically?

10 February 2021

I’ve grown up signing our business contracts with pen on paper. With Covid however, most of my suppliers send me... their agreements electronically which I sign by adding a copy of my signature digitally or, in some cases using specific software through which I then add my signature. It does make things easier, but I was wondering how valid and

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Prescription and surety don’t always play well together

06 January 2021

Our company is owed money by one of our contractor companies who we helped with finance and provided us with... personal sureties by the shareholders as security for the transaction. They have been making promises that they will pay for some time and we left it, but now we are getting worried about prescription. We are also unsure whether if we act ag

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51% black equity tender pre-qualification criteria found to be invalid

06 January 2021

My business is 26% black owned but has been excluded from a number of tenders because of pre-qualification criteria for... tenders being set at being at least 51% black owned. I’ve seen in the news though that this practice has been scratched by the courts. Is this true?

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