12 Oct 2022
Article
Dispositions without value: Are monies deposited into attorneys’ section 86 trust accounts by clients, invulnerable?
Section 26 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 (Act) acts as a protective barrier for creditors as it
regulates dispositions made without value. This barrier found particular importance in the recent
case of Van Wyk Van Heerden Attorneys v Gore NO and Another (828/2021) ZASCA 128 (30
September 2022) ( Van Wyk v Gore ).