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Our team acts for a leading South Africa-based enterprise and supplier development advisory and project management firm against a US-based company concerning the responsibility of the US Company for massive remediation activities at its cost in respect of a property sold to our client.
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On 17 February 2025 two key environmental planning tools were published with the aim of guiding and supporting the responsible development of green hydrogen projects which will play an important role in South Africa’s commitment to achieving a Just Energy Transition by replacing the use of fossil fuels in the fertilizer industry and in other hard-to-abate industries such as the heavy mobility, steel and cement industries.
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The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision of Van Rooyen N.O and Another v Mokwena N.O and Another (63/2023) ZASCA 130 reinforces the important principle that trusts, while offering legitimate estate planning and asset structuring benefits, do not provide protection where their purpose is aimed at abusing their structure. When the solvency of a trust is questioned the applicable legislation is the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 (Act). Where creditors can establish the standard statutory requirements (such as indebtedness and advantage to creditors), courts are likely to grant provisional sequestration. What is relatively unique about this decision is that the SCA granted the provisional sequestration, on appeal, without requiring oral argument.
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