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Commercial And Corporate [2018] ZAGPPHC 763

Legion Lock & Cable CC and Another v Legion Computer Accessories (PTY) LTD and Another (72623/2016)

Legion Lock & Cable CC and Another v Legion Computer Accessories (PTY) LTD and Another (72623/2016) [2018] ZAGPPHC 763 (5 October 2018)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
72623/2016
Judge
N V Khumalo

The High Court held Jaco Fourie personally liable after finding he used the trust and company structure to frustrate enforcement of a court-ordered debt.

  • Piercing The Trust Veneer
  • Personal Liability Of Trustee
  • Fraudulent Conduct
  • Prescription Act
  • Sale Of Business Assets
  • Personal-liability-of-trustee
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Commercial And Corporate [1994] ZASCA 30

Twenty Seven Bellevue CC v Hilcove (494/92)

Twenty Seven Bellevue CC v Hilcove (494/92) [1994] ZASCA 30; 1994 (3) SA 108 (AD); [1994] 2 All SA 293 (A) (24 March 1994)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
494/92
Judges
Joubert, Smalberger, Eksteen, Van den Heever, Mahomed

The court held that Stuart John Hilcove was personally bound as purchaser under a land-sale agreement, despite reference to a company to be formed.

  • Personal Liability Of Trustee
  • Agreement Of Sale
  • Rectification Of Contract
  • Interpretation Of Contract
  • Contract-interpretation
  • Sale-of-land
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Commercial And Corporate [1985] ZASCA 76

Nine Hundred Umgeni Road (Pty) Ltd v Bali (92/85)

Nine Hundred Umgeni Road (Pty) Ltd v Bali (92/85) [1985] ZASCA 76; [1986] 1 All SA 289 (A) (12 September 1985)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
92/85
Judges
Jansen, Kotzé, Viljoen, Grosskopf, Nicholas

The court held that a trustee contracting for a company to be formed is not personally liable unless the lease expressly or by necessary implication says so.

  • Contract For Benefit Of Third Party
  • Personal Liability Of Trustee
  • Company To Be Formed
  • Lease Agreement
  • Company-to-be-formed
  • Third-party-benefit-contract
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South Africa decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

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