Powerful legal assistance and expense insurance for Landlords
Landlord’s Lawyer is a short-term insurance policy administered by My Lawyer Legal Assistance (Pty) Ltd (FSP46455), an authorised Financial Services Provider and underwritten by GENRIC Insurance Company Limited (FSP43638), an authorised Financial Services Provider and licensed non-life Insurer.
What can Landlord’s Lawyer offer Landlords?
A Landlord’s Lawyer policy opens the door to over 1000 practising lawyers (“legal practitioners”) and entitles you, the Landlord, to legal advice as well as legal representation and assistance with litigation in any court or forum / tribunal in South Africa. The policy provides:
- Legal services and legal expense insurance to Landlords
- Cover for legal services to the value of R200 000 per case claim / matter
- Comprehensive legal assistance and advisory service related to the leasing of a property
- Legal documentation
- Letters of demand
- Pre-litigation negotiations
- Litigation and legal representation in the High Court, Lower Courts and other Forums in respect of these rental issues:
- Lease agreements
- Evictions
- Appeals in respect of Eviction proceedings
- Rental Housing Tribunal proceedings
- Deposits and matters relating thereto
- Spoliation
- Interdicts
- Unfair Practices
- Urgent Applications
- Assistance in Criminal Prosecution of the Landlord
- Nuisances created by the Tenant
- Overcrowding and health matters
- Unauthorised subletting
- Unlawful Tenant activities
- Inspections
- Maintenance
- Agreements with letting agencies
- CSOS (Community Schemes Ombud Service Act) related matters
- Access to the leased property by the Landlord during the existence of the lease
- Forced entry and obstruction of entry
- Damages by tenant to leased property and the dwelling
- Trespassing
- Non-payments of water and lights account by a tenant
- Search of leased dwelling and property by the Landlord
- Vacating of property before expiration of lease
- Termination of lease by the Landlord or Tenant
- Changing of locks / keys or doors of leased dwelling
- Claim for compensation instituted by Tenant
- Demolitions and conversions of the leased dwelling
- Reconstruction and refurbishment work
- Tenant committees
- And many more
Services under the Landlord’s Lawyer policy are provided by a specially vetted, pre-selected panel of top practicing lawyers (“legal practitioners”) with more than 5 years’ experience, utilised in their areas of expertise. NO Paralegals are engaged to provide any services under the Landlord’s Lawyer policy.
