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Commercial And Corporate [2019] ZASCA 118

Pieters NO v Absa Bank Ltd (979/2018)

Pieters NO v Absa Bank Ltd (979/2018) [2019] ZASCA 118; 2021 (3) SA 162 (SCA) (23 September 2019)

The SCA held that a company is dissolved when the Registrar records the dissolution, not when Gazette notice is published, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Company Dissolution
  • Liquidator Discharge
  • Locus Standi
  • Companies Act 1973
  • Master Of High Court Powers
  • Company-dissolution
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Commercial And Corporate [2016] ZAWCHC 148

Cooper NO and Others v Micromatica 324 (Pty) Ltd and Others (4182/2015)

Cooper NO and Others v Micromatica 324 (Pty) Ltd and Others (4182/2015) [2016] ZAWCHC 148 (10 October 2016)

The court held that the power to appoint liquidators for companies in liquidation is reserved for the master of the High Court under section 367 of the Companies Act 1973. Section 20(9) of the Companies Act 2008 does not confer upon the court the authority to appoint liquidators; it merely allows for the piercing of the corporate veil and the granting of consequential relief. The 8 July 2014 order did not constitute the appointment of liquidators in the sense contemplated by chapter 14 of the 1973 Act, but rather arranged the administration of rights and obligations among the companies, refle…

  • Appointment Of Liquidators
  • Piercing Corporate Veil
  • Business Rescue
  • Companies Act Interpretation
  • Master Of High Court Powers
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