Property: What Are Your Rights to Views and Privacy?
There are a number of high court cases dealing with a property owners "right to a view" and it seems that with the number of new developments in sought after areas these issues will continue to come up. We've previously looked at a property owners' attempt to enforce a height servitude over a neighbour's property and another case where property owners attempted to stop neighbours from going double-storey. The recent judgment in Judgment in Da Cruz and Another v City of Cape Town and Another (6561/2015) [2017] ZAWCHC 1 is yet another warning to do your homework before you buy or develop…