PVL3701 ASSIGNMENT 01 ANSWERS SEMESTER 02 2024

PVL3701 ASSIGNMENT 01 ANSWERS SEMESTER 02 2024 This document contains well answered and unique answers that will help you score a very good mark, contact 0/6/7/1/1/8/9/0/5/9 for assignment and exam assistance. ASSIGNMENT 1 • This is a written assignment. • Your mark out of 15, will count 60% towards your semester mark. • Strictly adhere to the length limitation. • Your assignment should consist of a maximum of two pages including the Bibliography. Do not include a cover page, only your name and student number on the top of the first page is sufficient. • When you are referring to the Study guide for the first time: S Scott, Property Law Study Guide (PVL301) (Department of Private Law Unisa, 2016) 10 (the number 10 is the page number). • Subsequent referencing: Scott, Property Law Study Guide 10 (the number 10 is the page number). • In the bibliography: Scott S, Property Law Study Guide (PVL301) (Department of Private Law Unisa, 2016) (Do not include page numbers) • When you are referring to a case that is discussed only in the Study Guide: Air-Kel (Edms) Bpk h/a Merkel Motors v Bodenstein 1980 (3) SA 917 (A) 922F for example. In the bibliography only refer to the Study Guide not to the case. • When you are referring to one of the prescribed cases that you must read yourself, Bisschoff v Welbeplan Boerdery (Pty) Ltd 2021 (5) SA (SCA) para 5, for example. In the bibliography Bisschoff v Welbeplan Boerdery (Pty) Ltd (2021 (5) SA (SCA) (Do not include the paragraph number of the paragraph that you consulted.) • Do not include the assignment questions in your submission. • Only make use of your prescribed sources for this module to answer this assignment (see Tutorial Letter 101 pages 9-11). A mark of 0% will be awarded for any answer that contains references to sources that are not prescribed for this module. • This is an individual assignment. If you discussed it as a group, your answers must not be identical. Do not submit an identical assignment as that of another student. If you do so, a mark of 0% will be awarded. Also do not adjust the answer of another student slightly, you will also obtain a 0% mark. • Accept the honesty declaration for this assignment. Do not include an academic dishonesty declaration in your assignment. • Do not copy and paste from any source, rather type your own answer in full. In other words, do not copy directly (or word-for-word) from any source. 3 • Write in your own words and base your answers on your own interpretation of the relevant study material. Your answers should contain the most relevant information and should clearly answer the question. • Do not base your answers on other sources such as internet sources or artificial intelligence software (for example ChatGPT or other paraphrasing tools). A mark of 0% will be awarded for any suspicious answer. • In line with the Students’ Disciplinary Code a mark of 0% may be awarded for any contravention of the policies regarding academic dishonesty or the student disciplinary code, alternatively, a student may be subjected to disciplinary proceedings. • Please also take note that your answers must be submitted to Turnitin. You must accept the Turnitin agreement (EULA). If you do not accept the agreement your answers will not be marked and a mark of 0% will be awarded. • Since Turnitin is utilised for this assignment, only answers typed in Arial 12pt may be submitted. • Your answers must be submitted online in PDF format. The PDF document should be “readable” or “searchable”. No other type of submission will be accepted. Neither scanned typed answer files nor handwritten scripts will be accepted. • E-mailed submissions will not be accepted for marking. A mark of 0% will be awarded in instances where a student is suspected of using unethical means to manipulate Turnitin in order to hide any form of academic dishonesty. Please also take note that: • we cannot grant extension for this assignment. • you must be sure that you submit the correct document. • we cannot replace assignments after the closing date. • if you submitted the wrong document, for example the assignment of another module, you will be awarded a mark of 0%. Before you answer the questions of this assignment, read (i) the University’s Policy on Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism and the Student Disciplinary Code, which are both available on myUnisa: 4 Remember to read the 101/3/2024 tutorial letter for this module. Now read Study Units 1-5 of the Study Guide very carefully. While reading the Study Units, focus on the nature of the different rights that are dealt with in this module, namely personal rights, real rights, and limited real rights (Study Unit 2). Keep in mind that ownership is the most complete real right that a person can have regarding his or her own thing, but the law and the rights of others can limit this right (Study Unit 2). Ownership confers a real right on an owner. Ownership can be acquired in different ways, either through original means or through derivative means (Study Units 4 and 5). Against this background consider the following set of facts: Lerato owns a townhouse in Pretoria. Lerato’s best friend, Karen, has been renting a room in Lerato’s townhouse since January 2024. Lerato has been interested in immigrating to the United Kingdom for years. During April 2024 Lerato accepts a job offer in London. The immigration process gets finalised swiftly and Lerato, being rushed to take up the job opportunity, leaves all her belongings behind. She decides to come and sort out everything when she comes home to visit her family during December 2024. Karen takes Lerato to the airport. They are very emotional while saying goodbye. Lerato hands the keys to her Mercedes vehicle and the townhouse to Karen and runs to the boarding gate. Months go by and despite Karen regularly trying to communicate with Lerato on , Lerato seldomly responds. Karen is sad and misses Lerato. One afternoon after taking a walk, one of Karen’s new neighbours comes over for coffee. During their discussion, Karen mentions that she owns the Mercedes and the townhouse. Examine the correctness of Karen’s statement. Fully substantiate your answer with reference to the specific page(s) of your Study Guide that you consulted to answer this question. Do not insert footnotes – simply refer to the relevant page(s) of the Study Guide that you consulted in your answer in brackets. Your answer should not exceed 30 lines (maximum one page). Make use of the evaluation criteria provided below. As mentioned above, answers that have been generated by Artificial intelligence software will not be marked. Furthermore, answers that comprise of word-for-word or slightly adjusted parts of the Study Guide or any other source will not be marked. The use of any paraphrasing tool will 5 also be penalised. Base your answer on your own interpretation of the study material and use your own words. If your answer exceeds 30 lines (one page), only the first page will be marked. Evaluation criteria Not yet achieved Partially achieved Achieved Correctness of Karen’s statement regarding the Mercedes examined clearly, using own words. 0 3 7 Correctness of Karen’s statement regarding the townhouse examined clearly, using own words. 0 3 7 Correct reference to the relevant page number(s) of the Study Guide in brackets. n/a n/a 1 Assignment total: [15]