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Cox Yeats has been honoured in the 17th edition of the Best Lawyers in South Africa, with lawyers from across its national offices recognised for their outstanding expertise. This achievement highlights the firm’s depth of specialist expertise and its ongoing commitment to delivering high-calibre legal counsel across key practice areas. It also underscores the professional […]
Cox Yeats is honoured to announce that 18 of our lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in South Africa™. This prestigious recognition underscores our firm’s dedication to legal excellence, positioning our experts among the most trusted and respected in the industry. For us, this honour reaffirms our commitment to delivering client-centred solutions […]
Business rescue proceedings are a mechanism to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is financially distressed. Such proceedings are primarily aimed at restoring a company to solvency that should not be abused by a company with no prospects of being rescued to avoid a winding-up or to obtain some respite from creditors. Cox Yeats […]
Although the function and purpose of homeowners' associations are indistinguishable from those provided by municipalities and body corporates, their rights to veto the sale of property in the event of outstanding levies have not always been recognised when a member has been placed in liquidation or sequestration. The effect of sequestration or liquidation is to […]
When providing finance or granting credit facilities, most creditors insist on suretyships as peace of mind that their debt is secure. This may not be the case in the event of the debtor company being placed in business rescue. In broad terms a surety can be described as a party binding itself in favour of […]
