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08/01/2024

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25/12/2023

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23/08/2023

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20/08/2023

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17/08/2023

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14/05/2023

Happy Mothers Day ♥️

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Happy Mother's Day to the most amazing moms in the world! Your love, care, and support mean everything to us. Thank you for always being there for us. We love you!
Wishing a very happy Mother's Day to a mom who is beautiful, strong, and kind. You inspire us every day with your endless love and dedication. Thank you for being such a wonderful role model.

16/02/2023

He didn’t send you flowers?
Send him a lawsuit instead!

06/02/2023

‘Levying Distress’ under Commercial Property Lease Agreements

Levying distress is an old English law affiliated with lease agreements contracted between a landlord and a tenant on business premises (shops, office space, warehouse etc). In general terms levying distress is a remedy effected by a landlord to a tenant by locking up the premises in circumstances where the tenant has failed to settle rent arrears (for a defined period of time).

The governing law on commercial properties or rather business premises is The Landlord and Tenant (Business Premises) Act Chapter 193 of the Laws of Zambia. But the issue of levying distress on business premises is not addressed in this governing law so how do landlords enforce ‘levying distress’?

Levying distress is an English law provided for in the UK statute Law of Property Act 1888 and it only becomes applicable in Zambia by virtue of The English Law (Extent of Application) Act Chapter 11 of the Laws of Zambia. In short levying distress is a borrowed law. But however, the UK itself has abolished this law and it’s no longer in practice. It then begs the question, why are we still tying ourselves on the neck on a borrowed law which is now abolished.

If you are running a business on a commercial property that you pay rentals to on signed lease agreement you may wish to check thoroughly for a clause which speaks to ‘Levying distress’. Take for instance, if you are a business person running a grocery store and your business suffers some setbacks and you cannot afford to pay your rentals, your landlord (under the signed lease) has authority to take possession of your goods and your shop, close it up until all arrears are paid.

This means that you would have lost not only your goods but also the only means to raise the rent. How do you raise the rent owed if your shop is not operating? Food for thought!
What if we tell you that there is better law which protects you as a tenant from such harsh predicaments as well as the landlord so that he/she does not suffer perpetual loss of income.

Check your lease agreement!
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01/02/2023

Sometimes it is advisable that you seek legal counsel before you sign a contract. Intellectual property law is a delicate area in the entertainment industry which most artists tend to ignore because of the enticing amounts underground artists are promised to be given once the deal closes.
Do not let your art get a exploited. Get in touch with us for legal consultation and advisory.

10/02/2022

Is there anyone owing you a lot of money and you badly want it back? Contact us for consultation and advice.

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23/01/2022

We hope that you, all our esteemed and potential clients, had a Merry Christmas and gracefully ushered into a prosperous 2022. We wish to inform you that Octus Legal Aid Society is now working and attending to all and any matters of legal nature. Get in touch with us.

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