This blog was co-authored with Adrienne Hendricks, Candidate Attorney.

In April 2024 the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed the bank’s appeal from the High Court, finding that the bank was not entitled to enforce a guarantee where the bank had failed to perform its own obligation to increase the facility under the original

This blog was co-authored by Adrienne Hendricks, candidate attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa

In August 2024, the High Court held that a bank was entitled to enforce the suretyship and mortgage bond granted in its favour, for purposes of an enrichment claim which arose in connection with a void and unenforceable loan agreement.  

This blog was co-authored by Atish Dullabh, candidate attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa

On 20 February 2024, the Western Cape High Court ruled that a party cannot enforce contractual rights after cancelling the agreement, but there is nothing in law that precludes a party from exercising its contractual rights simultaneously with the cancellation

Bank or private debt and venture debt are separate segments in the debt financing market. In contrast to venture debt financings, which relate to start-ups, bank or private debt financings involve the financing of established companies that have already generated profits, can provide collateral and service the debt from the start.

Venture debt financings are