DEFAMATION SUIT BROUGHT BY ENS ATTORNEY LEONARD KATZ
NOSEWEEK AND EDITOR ORDERED TO PAY R330 000 DAMAGES PLUS COSTS IN DEFAMATION SUIT BROUGHT BY ENS ATTORNEY LEONARD KATZ Editor Martin Welz and publisher Chaucer Publications (Pty) Ltd intend lodging an application for leave to appeal to ...
The man who stole justice
Are judges too weak to defend the law against Lennie the Liquidator? One investec victim, Justin Lewis, fought back vigorously as Katz applied for his personal sequestration to 'cut him off at the knees'. But Katz ...
Investec knows what you did last summer
Spies were paid to eavesdrop on clients and employees in a drama involving a R62m insurance claim. The evidence was filed at court last month. Former Investec chairman, Hugh Herman's mates Ian Geoffrey Chait, sons Anton and ...
SMASH-‘N-GRAB AT INVESTEC
Investec has somehow managed to cultivate the image of being less dodgy than the run-of-the-mill South African financial institution. But - as our story about Justin Lewis and his encounter with the reality at ...
Nedbank offshore saga continues
After mauling widow, whinging lawyer seeks to muzzle her. In a letter addressed to the Royal Court of Jersey on 1 June 2018, Nedgroup Trust’s Jersey advocate complains that “it is not understood” ...
Officials defy access law
Tony Beamish reports how legal authorities refuse to produce files on excessive liquidation fees. The fact that the liquidators were charging an unlawfully excessive fee was pointed out to them on a number of ...
INVESTEC: TROUBLES HERE AND THERE
The Cape branch of Investec has run into serious difficulties - due to a spate of ill-advised and possibly fraudulent loans. So desperate is their plight that they have had to call in "Lenny the ...
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