STRAIGHT TALKERS BRINGING BALANCE Development Law The Big Small Firm stbb.co.zaSTBB DEVELOPMENT LAW WHY WAS THE STBB’s Development Law Unit THE DEVELOPMENT (DLU) came into existence LAW UNIT during April 2015. FORMED? The ground-breaking initiative FIRM was timed to coincide with changing legislation and processes relating to land Established in 1900, STBB is a firm of approximately development, implemented 100 business-minded lawyers practising from 11 offices from 1 July 2015 onwards, throughout South Africa. such as the coming into effect of the Spatial Planning and By understanding our clients’ needs and objectives, Land Use Management Act we strive to deliver cost-effective legal solutions for all (on national level) and the business and personal matters. We are committed to gradual implementation of the developing close working relationships with our clients, Land Use Planning and Land enabling us to succeed consistently on their behalf. Use Management regulation (Western Cape). The DLU was warmly received by developers, town planners and environmental practitioners and also welcomed by the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. 2 STBB DEVELOPMENT LAW WHAT IS ITS In the DLU, we have combined TYPICAL • Advising and drafting FUNCTION? various specialist legal fields INSTRUCTIONS of constitutions for home to form a single unit, thus owners associations as giving us the ability to furnish well as management and our clients with specialist conduct rules for body advice in a comprehensive and corporates and also integrated manner. The property obtaining the required development sector in South CSOS approval. Africa is multifaceted, strictly • Registrations of non-profit regulated and complex. companies for home owners The only effective manner in associations if required. which the legal field can play its • Advising on structures, role in this sector is to integrate exclusive use areas and the required legal expertise phasing of developments. intelligently, which is exactly • Assisting with due diligence what STBB’s Development Law investigations. Unit has done. • Assisting developers with all aspects of general and Importantly, the DLU functions special meetings in terms as a watchdog for our of the constitution and developers from inception rules of the association of a project until successful and body corporate during completion and, in the process, the development period. strengthens the developer’s position. Objections against developments, review letters LEGAL FIELDS • Property law from authorities and minutes of OF EXPERTISE • Planning law meetings are strictly scrutinised COVERED • Environmental law and advice is furnished BY THE UNIT • Local government law throughout the development • Construction law application process. • Water law • Associated legal fields: In light of the various specialist constitutional law, legal fields represented by the administrative law, members of the DLU, we believe expropriation, etc. that we are better placed and • Commercial Contracts equipped than any other law firm to furnish sound legal advice to property developers, development consultants (town planners, environmental consultants, engineers, architects, etc.), local authorities and financial institutions. 4 STBB DEVELOPMENT LAW THE The Helderberg Development WHERE IS THE Although permanently based in HELDERBERG Law Unit has 3 senior DLU TEAM Helderberg, the DLU does not DLU TEAM professionals addressing BASED? function separately or distinctly all requirements of land from the other departments development in the various or disciplines in STBB, but applicable areas of law. forms part of any legal team where it can add value. It is Directors already rendering high-quality specialist legal advice in the • Annetjie Coetsee field of development law in an • Annemarie Van Vuuren integrated manner with other • Ghislaine Barends legal fields practised by the STBB professional team. Associates STBB 1st Floor Titanium House • Hein Nauschutz HELDERBERG 19 Gardner Williams Avenue Paardevlei, Somerset West Telephone: +27 21 850 6400 Fax: +27 21 852 1770 Visit www.stbb.co.za to make the DLU the starting point of your development and let us undertake the journey to success together. 6 STBB DEVELOPMENT LAW THE DEVELOPMENT LAW UPDATE NEWSLETTER SHOULD YOU WISH With the launch of this prestigious unit, we also introduced a new publication, TO SUBSCRIBE the Development Law Update. 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