Aantekeninge: Verblyfvergunning is nie outomaties habitatio nie en totale skade omvat skade gely weens inbreuk op die eiser se vervullingsbelang

According to the headnote attached to the most recent decision under discussion, the litigation turned on the quantification of the total loss suffered by M as alleged holder of a right of habitatio after S as reputed owner of the farm revoked the verbal agreement between the parties entitling M to occupy the dwelling ad infinitum on condition that he renovates the dwelling to a habitable state. Notwithstanding the conviction of the judges involved, it is clear that at no stage were any of the requirements for the acquisition or vesting of a limited real right of habitatio complied with. No limited real right was registered against the farm and S as the alleged grantor of the limited real right was at no stage the owner of the property. He could not have been entitled to burden the property of another with such limited real right. A contractual arrangement between the parties, however, did exist granting the claimant an entitlement to occupy the dwelling. The initially friendly relations between the litigants soured abruptly in February 2013 when S evicted M from the farm because of a supposed blasphemous comment by M. This happened after the claimant had already invested significantly in the restoration and modernisation of the old dilapidated dwelling. “The plaintiff regarded this as a repudiation of the contract between him and the defendant, accepted it as such and left the farm, effectively halting the renovation project” (par 14 read with par 5.4 of the 2016-decision). His claim for compensation of the loss suffered was held by the court to be limited to the amounts reflected in the receipts representing the cost of building material when it was acquired. It is submitted that the court should also have taken note of the loss suffered as positive interest, because the claimant forfeited the calculated benefit of life-long free occupation in the restored dwelling. Because of the underlying agreement between the parties to the litigation, the patrimonial benefit that accrued to the estate of the owner of the farm due to the objective rules of accessio cannot be classified as actionable unjustified enrichment. The principles of unjustified enrichment do not apply – the resulting detriment or loss of M was cum causa and not sine causa. The remarks of the court pointing to unjustified enrichment do not convince. Damages should have been calculated to cover the loss in positive interest of the claimant and not merely his negative interest, ie the amounts paid for the building material used in the renovation. The court, however, held: “I’m satisfied that the plaintiff has adduced sufficient evidence to prove his claim for the costs of renovating the farmhouse on a balance of probabilities” (par 23). The last mentioned mode of quantification of the loss suffered would have been more in place where merely a delict was involved, as eg where the damaged motor vehicle should be repaired to the state it was in before the accident occurred. Had the judges in this case done a correct assessment of loss upon cancellation for breach of contract, it would have led to a respect of the rule of law and would not have been to the detriment of the claimant. The legal principles that should have been applied had already been clearly formulated more than a century ago: “The sufferer by such a breach should be placed in the position he would have occupied had the contract been performed, so far as that can be done by the payment of money, and without undue hardship to the defaulting party …” Victoria Falls & Transvaal Power Co Ltd v Consolidated Langlaagte Mines Ltd (1915 AD 1 22).

Legal regulation of property rights to another's property abroad

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze the grounds and procedures of the emergence of property rights to another's property abroad, to identify its interconnectedness and interdependence. Methodology. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and a synthesis of available scientific and theoretical information. It is includes the formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. Such methods of scientific knowledge were used: terminological, functional, systemic-structural, logical-normative. Results: In business and other economic activities there are situations in which there is a need to use someone else's things or property. This possibility is more often satisfied by means of contract law. However, in some cases, the contract is not a reliable legal remedy to meet the need to use someone else's thing. After all, the contract can be terminated at any time unilaterally and the user of someone else's thing is forced to terminate such use. Therefore, there was a need to invent a more reliable remedy that would ensure the continuous and unhindered use of someone else's property or even property. Such a means was the consolidation of the real right to use someone else's thing. Scientific novelty. In the process of research is established that common characteristics of the institution of limited property rights to another's property abroad is that the subjects of rights to another's property may be those persons who may be subjects of civil rights, first of all, any natural and legal persons. Practical significance. The results of the research can be used in legislation and law-enforcement activities.

Peculiarities of Usufruct in the Countries of Roman-German Law: Implementation of Best Practice in Ukrainian Law

The article examines the features of usufruct in the European countries of Romano-Germanic law, determines the terms for the implementation of the best European practice of usufruct in the law of Ukraine. The law of European countries of continental law recognizes the usufruct as a real right of personal possession for use, which is considered an independent real right to another's property or a kind of easement. The peculiarities of usufruct in some countries of Romano-Germanic law, in particular in Germany, France, Georgia, Moldova and Russia, are researched. The peculiarities of usufruct in some countries of Romano-Germanic law, in particular in Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Georgia, Moldova and Russia, are researched. The issues of usufruct implementation in the law of Ukraine are considered. The issues of usufruct implementation in the law of Ukraine are considered. The authors came to the conclusion that it is necessary to introduce the institute of usufruct into the Ukrainian law by supplementing the Civil Code of Ukraine with a new chapter “Uzufruct”, the framework provisions of which are proposed in this paper.

Types of easements and peculiarities of their implementation in the Russian and Vietnamese Law

The relevance of this article is substantiated by the absence of unified approach toward comprehension of the legal nature of public easement. Insufficient regulation of easement relations in civil legislation of the Russian Federation (easement is mentioned in just four articles of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) entails the problems in law enforcement practice. One of such problems is the absence of universal classification of easements that would ensure unity of the mechanism for regulating easement relations, which affords grounds for amending the current Russian legislation. The attempt to systematize easements suggested by the real right reform is polemical and yet to be approved. The subject of this research on the basis of comparative legal analysis is the provisions of the types of easements and peculiarities of the implementation in the Russian and Vietnamese law. The novelty lies in carrying out a comprehensive comparative legal analysis of the types of easements in the Russian and Vietnamese law. The conclusion is made on the gap in the mechanism of regulation of easement relations in the Russian legislation. The need is substantiated for the systemic construction of easement norms in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The author makes recommendations for the improvement of the provisions on easement in the reform, and outlines the vector of development of this institution in the current legislation of Vietnam. The theoretical and practical value of this work gives an in-depth perspective on the civil law of the Russian Federation and Vietnam.

Analysis of the Issue of Real Rights for Security in the Perspective of Bankruptcy Law

Objectives: China’s opening to the outside world is getting higher and higher, which effectively promotes China’s economic development. Under such economic development background, more and more different kinds of economic situations appear in the market. Methods: The continuous progress and development of society has provided good conditions for the perfection of bankruptcy law and guarantee law. In the process of dealing with collateral in bankruptcy law, the complexity of its environment leads to the interaction between bankruptcy law and guarantee law. Results: From the perspective of law enforcement, there are still some incompatibilities between China’s guarantee law and bankruptcy law to be solved. This paper discusses the real right for security from the perspective of bankruptcy law, and analyzes the issues related to the development of bankruptcy law and security law that affect the real right for security, aiming at providing assistance for the healthy and orderly development of the industry. Conclusion: In the research, we need to pay close attention to the various processes of bankruptcy procedure and the implementation methods of real right for security, so as to ensure the responsibility system of real right protection.

POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF DECLARING CIVIL AND CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES VOID

The consequences of declaring a civil marriage entered into during the existence of a customary marriage or vice versa void could have nowhere been fully canvassed. On the face of it, it merely calls for a declaration of invalidity of the existing marriage, but it raises various ancillary issues which have not been addressed. We do not discuss the judgments declaring marriages void, but focus on the consequences of such judgments. For a variety of reasons it is important to determine whether a civil marriage, concluded subsequent to a customary marriage, is valid or ab initio void, or vice versa. To mention but one reason: “Where immovable property, a real right in immovable property, a bond or a notarial bond – (d) is registered in the name of a person who on the date of the registrationwas a party to a marriage governed by the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act 120 of 1998) the registrar shall on the written application by the person concerned and on the submission of the deed in question and of proof of the relevant facts,endorse the change in status or make a note of the effect that the said person is a party to a marriage in community of property, as the case may be” (S 17(4) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937). When a marriage is void, no consequences flow from it, except in so far as it may be deemed to be a putative marriage. Lawyers, officials and the public at large still do not seem to realize that interms of sections 2(1) and (2) of the Recognition of Customary Marriage Act (120 of 1998) customary marriages entered into before and after commencement of the Act are for all purposes recognized as marriages. The case of Netshituka v Netshituka (426/10 [2011] ZACSA 120 dated 2011-07-20) has now given clear direction as to the validity or non-validity of civil marriages concluded after the Marriage and Matrimonial Property Law Amendment Act 3 of 1988. Also in Thembisile v Thembisile (2002 (2) SA 209 (T) par 32) Bertelsmann J held that a civil marriage contracted while the man was a partner in an existing customary marriage with another woman was void. The position of the validity of civil marriages, entered into prior to and after the said Amendment Act, will now be discussed.

Legal fact as the grounds of real rights termination to someone else's things

The article is devoted to the study of the grounds for the cessation of real rights to foreign things in order to further develop the theoretical foundations for the settlement of the transition of real rights. The foundations of the emergence of legal relations are analyzed, the elements of which are real rights to foreign things, and the legal facts of their termination are compared. The article describes the will of the subjects of real relations on termination of real rights as a dispositive factor, as well as comparative orders relating to circumstances that are not based on a contractual basis. The contract may be a legal fact that is the basis of the emergence of obligatory and real legal relations. The grounds for the emergence and termination of real relations are largely dependent on the peculiarities of the object, the real relations and the purposes of their use, where depending on the type of real rights to foreign things will be determined by their legal regime. The legal relationship that arises on the basis of the contract is mixed in nature, covering the obligatory and real legal nature of its components. Investigated that the administrative act of the authority of power can not act as a direct basis for the termination of real relations that arose on the basis of the contract without its termination. Therefore, the administrative act recognize the element of the legal composition, which ends with the termination of contractual relations. The refusal to use someone else's property should be considered as a subjective real right of any subject of real rights, which is given this civil law. The author came to the conclusion that in the event of the occurrence of the circumstance provided for a hypothesis of the legal norm, it can be considered as a legal fact, which is associated with the termination of real relations. The legal consequences of the mechanism of law accession are the appointment of certain rights and responsibilities of participants in civil legal relations or legal relations as a whole. In view of this, in the work it is proposed to improve the classification division of the grounds of termination of legal relations with strangers.

Theoretical and practical aspects of legal qualification of virtual property in Russia and abroad

The subject of this research is the theoretical and practical aspects of legal qualification of virtual property – digital online objects (cryptocurrencies, game property, user accounts, etc.) in Russia and abroad. Virtual property is viewed through the prism of the concept of “asset” / “economic asset”, established in the national and foreign legislation and doctrine. Real right to game objects in online games are considered through the lens of John Locke’s labor theory of property (acquisition), M. Radin’s theory of personality, theories of utilitarianism (deterrence of negative behavior and economic efficiency), law enforcement practices and legislation (South Korea, China, etc.). Real right to online accounts (Google, Yahoo etc.) are examined in the context of allowability of transferring personal and business accounts from the perspective of property and conventional law. The relevance, theoretical and practical importance of this research is are substantiated by supplementing the tangible objects of proprietary right with digital, created in modern reality with the use of digital technologies (cryptocurrencies, tokens, etc.), which requires clarification of their legal regime in the context of the effective legislation of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, ideas for its amendment, and law enforcement practice. The author concludes that the legal doctrine of a number of countries, distinguishing tangible and intangible, virtual objects (game objects, user accounts) recognized the existence and legal status of virtual property (Hong Kong, European Union, South Korea, Russian Federation, Taiwan), qualifying it as the analogue of digital information and content; legally - movable (Taiwan) or other (Russian Federation) property; property (the European Court of Human Rights) or utilitarian (mandatory) digital (Russian Federation) rights; economically – virtual (financial, in form of future income), and material (in form of commercial ties, domain names, etc.) assets (the European Court of Human Rights, Russian Federation).

Limited Proprietary Rights to Residential Premises in Russian and Foreign Civil Law

The right to housing is important and universally recognized. In foreign countries, in order to ensure the realization of the right to housing, in addition to the right of ownership, other limited proprietary rights are provided granting citizens with the right to own and use residential premises. The paper considers the limited proprietary rights to residential premises in France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Russia. It is established that the legislation of the abovementioned foreign countries enshrines real rights to use the residential premise, which, being a kind of usufruct (personal servitude), possesses specific features. They are facility feature (which includes residential premises), the authorized entity (which allows for a natural person) only, as well as the purposive character (this sets the right to stay in the residential premises for personal needs and the needs of his family). In Russia, there are problems of legal regulation of relations between the use of residential premises by members of the owner’s family and former members of the owner’s family who gave consent to privatization, which cause difficulties in practice and numerous disputes in the doctrine. The outcomes of the analysis of the proposed changes in civil and housing legislation make it possible to conclude that the discussed innovations are not able to solve the existing problems and contradictions.The author proposes to consolidate in civil legislation such a limited real right as the right to use residential premises, which is a kind of usufruct, which will combine all existing real rights to residential premises. The legal structure of the right to use residential premises is formulated, its content, the grounds for its occurrence and termination are set out.

Emplazamiento del tiempo compartido en la clasificación de los derechos reales

Este artículo comenta un fenómeno reciente de aprovechamiento “periódico y por turnos” de inmuebles o de cosas muebles, que generan vínculos jurídicos de Derecho Real o de Derecho Personal. La primera normativa sobre el tema en nuestro país fue la Ley 26356 sancionada y vigente en 2008, referida a los “Sistemas Turísticos de Tiempo Compartido” (STTC), actualmente derogada en parte, y sustituida por el CCCN., que legisla, en el Título VI del Libro IV, sobre el Derecho Real de Tiempo Compartido y que ha trascendido el original destino turístico de la afectación, extendiéndolo para finalidades industriales, comerciales y otras. También se ha incluido como objetos de esta Relación Jurídica, que en la ley anterior eran solamente los edificios afectados a hospedaje, y que actualmente pueden ser también inmuebles con otros destinos, o cosas muebles, como embarcaciones, automotores, equipos médicos, etc. Sin perjuicio de la afectación del Tiempo Compartido como Derecho Real, se permiten también el alquiler y otros derechos personales sobre los turnos de uso. ABSTRACTThis paper comment son a recent phenomenon of "periodic and shift" use of real estate or personal property, which generates legal ties of Real Lawor Personal Law. The first regulation on the subject in our country was Law 26356 sanctioned and in force in 2008, refer ringto the “TimeshareTouristSystems” (STTC), currentlyrepealed in part, and replacedbythe CCCN., whichlegislates, in theTitle VI of Book IV, onthe Real Time SharingRight andwhich has transcended the original tourist destination of the affectation, extending it for industrial, commercial and other purposes. It has also been included as objects of this LegalRelationship, which in the previous law were only building saffected by accommodation, and which currently can also be real estate with other destinations, or movable things, such as boats, automobiles, medical equipment, etc. Without prejudice to the affectation of Timeshare as Real Right, rental and other personal rights are also allowedont he shifts of use.