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Commercial And Corporate [2003] ZASCA 8

Sackstein NO v Proudfoot SA (Pty) Ltd (119/02)

Sackstein NO v Proudfoot SA (Pty) Ltd (119/02) [2003] ZASCA 8; [2003] 2 All SA 59 (SCA); 2003 (4) SA 348 (SCA) (7 March 2003)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
119/02
Judges
Olivier, Brand, Conradie, Heher, Lewis

The SCA held that a South African liquidator of an external company may impeach foreign dispositions in South African court, even if the property is abroad.

  • External Company Liquidation
  • Impeachment Of Dispositions
  • Jurisdiction Of Liquidator
  • Companies Act Section 391
  • Insolvency Act Section 29
  • Cross Border Insolvency
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Commercial And Corporate [1998] ZASCA 16

Ward and Another v Suit and Others In Re: Gurr v Zambia Airways Corporation Ltd. (51/96)

Ward and Another v Suit and Others In Re: Gurr v Zambia Airways Corporation Ltd. (51/96) [1998] ZASCA 16; [1998] 2 All SA 479 (A) (23 March 1998)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
51/96
Judges
Mahomed, Eksteen, Scott, Zulman, Stretcher

The court held that South African courts may wind up an external company even if it is already in liquidation abroad, and dismissed the appeal.

  • External Company Liquidation
  • Recognition Of Foreign Liquidators
  • Concursus Creditorum
  • Winding Up Orders
  • Jurisdiction Of Sa Courts
  • External-company-liquidation
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