Dr Sulette Lombard

Sulette Lombard moved to Australia from South Africa in December, 2007. She joined the foundation staff at the new School of Law at UniSA as a lecturer in January, 2008 and was appointed senior lecturer from January 2009. She previously held a position as senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where she taught for 11 years.

• Corporate Law
• Insolvency Law
• Commercial Law

LLD (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 2007 Thesis title: 'Directors' Duties to Creditors'

Diploma in Insolvency Practice (with distinction) 1997 AIPSA (Association of Insolvency Practitioners of South Africa)

LLM (University of South Africa) 1995

LLB (with distinction) (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 1993

BLC (with distinction) (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 1991

• Corporate law, specifically in relation to directors' duties; corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, with emphasis on the importance of corporate ethics in ensuring sustainable development.
• Corporate insolvency, specifically in relation to director liability.

CONTRIBUTIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

“Claims against negligent or fraudulent directors: Proposed amendments to South African legislation” (2007) 16 International Insolvency Review 75 – 94

“Identity of interest between trustees and beneficiaries in so far as the object of the trust is concerned: Effect on validity” 2007(2) De Jure 429 – 438 (co-author: A van der Linde)

“Importation of a statutory business judgment rule into South African company law: Yes or no?” 2005(4) Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 614 – 627

“Dismissal of executive directors: comparing principles of company law and labour law” 2004(1) Journal of South African Law 20 – 38 (co-author: BPS van Eck)

“An historical perspective on the development of the company as a form of business enterprise, with specific reference to the position of company creditors and the liability of directors (Part 2)” 2003(1) De Jure 32 – 47

“An historical perspective on the development of the company as a form of business enterprise, with specific reference to the position of company creditors and the liability of directors (Part 1)” 2002(2) De Jure 236 – 252

“Measures providing security against the social risk of unemployment in respect of employees of insolvent employers” (2000) 1 De Jure 95 – 103

“Insolvency and employees: An overview of statutory provisions” 1999(2) De Jure 300 – 314 (co-author: A Boraine)

“Some thoughts on the application of the new Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997” 1998(1) De Jure 133 – 143 (co-author: BPS van Eck)

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL TRAINING

Paper presented at INSOL (Academics’ Meeting) in Cape Town, March 2007, titled “Claims against delinquent directors, with specific reference to proposed legislative reform”

Paper presented at INSOL (Academics’ Meeting) in London, July 2001, titled “Directors’ liability in cases of insolvency from a South African perspective”

Faculty representative to attend three week training seminar in Belgium on social security law in December, 1998.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Nagel (ed) Business Law/Besigheidsreg (4th, 2007) Butterworths LexisNexis
Part XIII: Company Law (Chapters 24 - 29)
Part XIV: Close Corporations (Chapters 30 - 33)

Nagel (ed) Business Law/Besigheidsreg (3rd, 2000) Butterworths
Part XIII: Company Law (Chapters 24 – 29)
Part XIV: Close Corporations (Chapters 30 – 33)

Otto (ed) Workbook for Commercial Law Vol 2/Werkboek vir Kommersiële Reg Vol 2 (2002) Butterworths,
Section on “Company Law”

Havenga, Kneale, Lombard & Van der Merwe South African Corporate Business Administration Juta & Co Ltd
Revision service 7 (2002)
Revision service 8 (2003)
Revision service 9 (2004)
Revision service 10 (2005)

Chapter 5 The Propsectus and Underwriting
Chapter 7 Shares and Share Certificates
Chapter 8 Registration of Documents in the Company’s Office
Chapter 25 Private Companies
Chapter 27 Close Corporations

Olivier et al Social security law: General principles (1999) Centre for International and Comparative Labour Law
Section on “Insolvency protection”

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Social Security research project for the Department of Welfare, South Africa: co-ordinator of task team on insolvency protection (1999)

RESEARCH AWARDS

Receive award for the best first contribution in the Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law in 1995