by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Jan 27, 2021 | Wills and Estate Planning
“No matter how much you’ve been warned, Death always comes without knocking” (Margaret Atwood) No one wants to contemplate their own passing, but the reality is that sooner or later it is inevitable, and particularly in these dangerous times we need always to be...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Jan 5, 2021 | Family Law, Wills and Estate Planning
A recent High Court decision has been widely viewed as an important victory for the rights of unmarried opposite-sex life partners. Until now, if one such partner died intestate (without making a will), the other could not inherit on the same basis as could a married...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Dec 1, 2020 | Wills and Estate Planning
“A man who dies without a will has lawyers for his heirs” (Anon) It’s natural not to want to make plans for our own mortality, but we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to do exactly that, and to do it without delay. Why? Sooner or later we all die. No one...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Dec 1, 2020 | Family Law, Wills and Estate Planning
“The general rule of our law is that cohabitation does not give rise to special legal consequences, no matter how long the relationship has endured” (From a 2010 High Court judgment and still applicable) One of the more pervasive myths in South Africa is that, if you...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Dec 1, 2020 | Business, General Interest, Wills and Estate Planning
Have you joined, or been tempted to join in, the “Bitcoin frenzy”? If so, read on. Bitcoin and Ethereum are probably the best known of the cryptocurrencies, but (as at 10 April 2018) there were over 1,565 of them, and that number is growing. Whether Bitcoin and its...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Dec 1, 2020 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Death knocks at all doors alike” (John Dunton 1692) Sooner or later we must leave our families to face life without us, and of course these are particularly dangerous times for us all. Make sure that your own affairs are in order now – A valid...
