Is the right to inspect an insolvent company’s books and records limited to proven creditors only?
This question has been answered in an interesting judgment by a competent commercial judge handed down on 14 April 2025. It is well known that to the extent that a “Creditor” of a liquidated company requires access to the books and records of that company, such Creditor is to launch an ex parte appl…
Asset forfeiture and unlawful money schemes
South Africa has no shortage of unlawful financial and investment schemes. In recent years, numerous pyramid, Ponzi, multiplication, and other fraudulent and unlawful schemes have appeared in news headlines as the subject of investigations and legal proceedings. In cases such as the collapse of the …
https://www.polity.org.za/article/asset-forfeiture-and-unlawful-money-schemes-2025-05-13
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