Recent developments in South African company law in respect of offers of compromise and schemes of arrangement between a company and its creditors and/or members in terms of section 311 of the Companies Act no. 61 of 1973, as amended

A company may wish to negotiate, or indeed be forced to negotiate, with its members and/or creditors with a view to modifying rights or claims in their common interest. Such rights or claims against a company often vest in a large number of members or creditors with whom it would be impossible for a...

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