Short notes on commercial law, B-BBEE structures, conveyancing and notarial bonds, with links to the judgments they rely on.
- Why an offer to purchase must be complete before anyone signs
Two Supreme Court of Appeal cases on what happens when a property sale is signed with blanks.
- General and special notarial bonds: what the difference means
What a lender can rely on when a borrower fails, and how far a general bond’s preference reaches.
- Shareholder agreements: plan for deadlock before it happens
A Supreme Court of Appeal case where equal shareholders fell out, and what to agree up front.
- B-BBEE ownership structures: avoiding a fronting practice
What the B-BBEE Act treats as fronting, and what to check before you sign an empowerment structure.