Caitlin Freddy

Associate Designate

Caitlin Freddy is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice

+27 (0)21 481 6451

caitlin.freddy@cdhlegal.comCape Town

About Caitlin

Areas of expertise

Dispute Resolution

Credentials

Education

Bachelor of Laws, LLM; Stellenbosch University

LANGUAGES

English

News

Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Courts will not tolerate abuse of the business rescue process as a defence against winding up

The judgment in Exeo Khokela Civil Engineering Construction (Pty) Ltd v Schoonspruit Development (Pty) Ltd (WCC) reaffirms the courts’ position on three recurring issues in corporate...

Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing

Ministerial discretion in the allocation of fishing rights

On 18 December 2023 the former Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Minister), Barbara Creecy, upheld the decision to refuse Jaffas Bay Fishing CC (Jaffas Bay) commercial...

Dispute Resolution

Compulsory notes for compulsory sequestrations

The recent High Court judgment in Victor N.O and Others v Liebenberg ZAGPPHC 116 (31 January 2025) provides creditors, intent on launching compulsory sequestration proceedings, key...

Dispute Resolution

Recent Companies Act amendments are good news for creditors and shareholders, but not directors

The recent amendments to sections 77(7) and 162(2) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act), dealing with liability of directors, are good news for creditors and shareholders,...

Dispute Resolution

All’s fair when it comes to business and rescue

It is well known that one of the benefits of business rescue is that it provides breathing room for the company in financial distress through the temporary moratorium on the rights...

Real Estate Law & Conveyancing

Whose commission is it anyway?

In City and Atlantic Real Estate CC t/a Remax Living v Smith and Others (7118/2023) ZAWCHC 426 (13 December 2024), the court was called upon to determine which estate agency, City...

Pro Bono & Human Rights

The Embrace Project

"As we continue to stand in solidarity with the activists of the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, we take a moment to reflect on what has been achieved...

Pro Bono & Human Rights

Standing in solidarity against gender-based violence and femicide

As we continue to stand in solidarity with the activists who began the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, we take a moment to reflect on what can be achieved through collective...

Pro Bono & Human Rights

Striving to honour and empower women this Women’s Day, and year-round

Each year we pay tribute to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, protesting against the extension of pass laws to women. We pause to reflect...

Employment Law

Weeding out the fraudsters: Misrepresentation of qualifications

The South African employment landscape is littered with employees who have misrepresented their qualifications to achieve a higher status or make more money by being appointed to positions...

All articles by Caitlin

Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Courts will not tolerate abuse of the business rescue process as a defence against winding up

The judgment in Exeo Khokela Civil Engineering Construction (Pty) Ltd v Schoonspruit Development (Pty) Ltd (WCC) reaffirms the courts’ position on three recurring issues in corporate...

Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing

Ministerial discretion in the allocation of fishing rights

On 18 December 2023 the former Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Minister), Barbara Creecy, upheld the decision to refuse Jaffas Bay Fishing CC (Jaffas Bay) commercial...

Dispute Resolution

Compulsory notes for compulsory sequestrations

The recent High Court judgment in Victor N.O and Others v Liebenberg ZAGPPHC 116 (31 January 2025) provides creditors, intent on launching compulsory sequestration proceedings, key...

Dispute Resolution

Recent Companies Act amendments are good news for creditors and shareholders, but not directors

The recent amendments to sections 77(7) and 162(2) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act), dealing with liability of directors, are good news for creditors and shareholders,...

Dispute Resolution

All’s fair when it comes to business and rescue

It is well known that one of the benefits of business rescue is that it provides breathing room for the company in financial distress through the temporary moratorium on the rights...

Real Estate Law & Conveyancing

Whose commission is it anyway?

In City and Atlantic Real Estate CC t/a Remax Living v Smith and Others (7118/2023) ZAWCHC 426 (13 December 2024), the court was called upon to determine which estate agency, City...

Pro Bono & Human Rights

Standing in solidarity against gender-based violence and femicide

As we continue to stand in solidarity with the activists who began the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, we take a moment to reflect on what can be achieved through collective...

Pro Bono & Human Rights

Striving to honour and empower women this Women’s Day, and year-round

Each year we pay tribute to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, protesting against the extension of pass laws to women. We pause to reflect...

Employment Law

Weeding out the fraudsters: Misrepresentation of qualifications

The South African employment landscape is littered with employees who have misrepresented their qualifications to achieve a higher status or make more money by being appointed to positions...

All articles by Caitlin

Pro Bono & Human Rights

The Embrace Project

"As we continue to stand in solidarity with the activists of the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, we take a moment to reflect on what has been achieved...

All videos by Caitlin

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