LML4807
Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024
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Due Date: 9 September 2024
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Durr v ABSA Bank and Another 1997 (3) SA 448 (SCA)
In the case of Durr v ABSA Bank and Another, the appellant, Valerie Elsie Cornwell Purr
(referred to as Mrs. Durr), sought investment advice from Mr. Myles Stuart, an investment
advisor employed by ABSA Bank. Mrs. Durr and her family members followed Stuart’s advice
and invested significant sums of money in debentures and preference shares of a company
called Supreme. The investments ultimately proved disastrous, leading to substantial financial
losses. Mrs. Durr, acting on behalf of herself and her family members, sued ABSA Bank and
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TERMS OF USE claiming that the advice given was inadequate and lacked the necessary
negligence,
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