The liquidators of a company failed in a claim for a sum of money and interest thereon against the executor of the deceased’s estate arising from an alleged loan by the company to the deceased (who was a former director of the company) because there was no proof that the deceased agreed to be bound
Loan between friends not arms’ length and not invalid under NCA
By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on
A High Court judgment in March 2023 applied good law and common sense in finding that a loan between parties who had a closely knitted friendship was not an arms’ length transaction and was therefore not governed by the National Credit Act, 2005 (NCA).
A credit transaction is not governed by the NCA if the…
When a debt becomes due: prescription of loans
By Rachel Mazower & Andrew Strachan on
A loan becomes due (claimable) from the moment that it is lent to the borrower, unless the parties specifically agree otherwise.
In a September 2016 judgment the Supreme Court of Appeal held that a loan that was ‘due and payable to the lender within 30 days from the date of delivery of the lender’s written…