About this Publication:

Jopie: Jurist, Mentor, Supervisor and Friend – Essays on the Law of Banking, Companies and Suretyship is published in honour of Professor Jopie Pretorius, who will be retiring from his chair in banking law at UNISA at the end of 2017. The collection comprises personal tributes by family members, friends and colleagues, and academic essays that deal with banking law, company law and suretyship.

Contents Include:

• Preface
• List of publications
• Tributes
  • The Dude abides: A conversation between Antoinette Pretorius and Johannes – Antoinette Pretorius
  • Jopie Pretorius: Kollega, vriend en geliefde – Jackie Heaton
  • Jopie Pretorius: Vriend, hardloopmaat, kollega en veel meer – Vannies van Niekerk and Heinrich Schulze
  • A tribute to Jopie Pretorius: Classmate, colleague, friend – Annel van Aswegen
  • Jopie, ou perd – Willem Kruger
  • ’n Ware Mensch! – Elsabe Schoeman
  • My vriend Jopie: Twee kort flitse uit die verlede – Johan Scott
  • Huldigingsblyk – Susan Scott
  • Tribute – Jonathan Burchell
  • Jopie se perde is spogperde – Fanie van Zyl and Philip Stoop
  • Tribute – Michele Havenga
  • Tribute – Cora Hoexter
  • Tribute – Angela Itzikowitz
  • Tribute – Chris van der Walt
  • Tribute – Honourable Justice Edwin Cameron
  • Tribute – Johann van der Westhuizen
  • Tribute – Duard Kleyn
  • Woorde van ’n vriend: Oorlede Francois Viljoen: CICERO – DE SENECTUTE
  • Photographs
• Essays
  • Reflections on cheques, payment instruments, phishing and codification – Frans Malan and Chris Nagel
  • Room to manoeuvre: The concept of central bank independence and the South African Reserve Bank – Johann de Jager
  • When a bank overlooks a countermand: The German Federal Supreme Court fans the embers of an old controversy – Daniel Visser
  • Construing whether a guarantee is accessory or independent is key – Michelle Kelly-Louw
  • Demand guarantees: Insights from the People’s Republic of China – Charl Hugo
  • Reflections on section 75A of the Bills of Exchange Act 34 of 1964 – Sarel du Toit
  • Payment system aspects of international remittances – some considerations and opportunities – Vivienne Lawack
  • A brief reflection on trade marks for financial products: Discovery Holdings v Sanlam – Coenraad Visser
  • Striking the balance between creditor and surety – Christopher Forsyth
  • Locus standi of a surety to apply for the winding-up of a company – Piet Delport
  • Blockchain and the settlement and holding of securities in the South African legal framework –Maria Vermaas
  • The inappropriateness of setting aside a creditor’s vote against a business rescue plan – Anneli Loubser
  • Shareholder meetings: Proxies are always welcome! Barry v Clearwater Estates NPC 2017 (3) SA 364 (SCA) – Christiaan Swart
  • The company for attorneys and auditors: An overview of relevant statutory provisions – Johan Henning
  • The South African statutory derivative action: Background, comparisons and application – Jean du Plessis

Of Interest and Benefit to:

• Legal academics
• Legal practitioners