Understanding Real and Personal Rights in Ownership Training

Learning Outcomes

• Distinguish between real rights and personal rights in terms of ownership and possession.
• Apply the principles of real and personal rights to practical scenarios involving property transactions.
• Analyze the legal implications of ownership and possession in corporate contexts.
• Evaluate the impact of real and personal rights on property management decisions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the registration and enforcement of real rights.
• Interpret relevant sections of the Deeds Registries Act and common law principles.

Target Audience

This course is designed for legal advisors, property managers, estate agents, and corporate professionals who need to understand property rights in their daily operations. It is also suitable for anyone seeking foundational knowledge of South African property law.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience in applying property law principles to realistic scenarios. Learners will analyze case studies, complete registration documentation, and role-play enforcement actions to solidify understanding.

Practical Activities

• Case Study Analysis: Distinguishing Real and Personal Rights — Learners work in groups to analyze a set of scenarios and classify each as involving real or personal rights, justifying their answers with reference to legal principles. (4h)
• Deeds Registration Simulation — Using sample documents, learners simulate the registration of a real right (e.g., a mortgage bond) by completing forms and following the deeds office workflow. (4h)
• Drafting and Enforcing Rights: Contract and Rei Vindicatio — Learners draft a simple sale agreement (personal right) and then, based on a breach scenario, prepare a rei vindicatio claim (real right remedy). (4h)
• Mock Trial: Property Dispute Resolution — Learners participate in a mock trial where they argue a property dispute involving both real and personal rights, with roles as plaintiff, defendant, and judge. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.