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COMFORT LETTERS -A QUARTET OF DECISIONS INTERRUPT THE JUDICIAL QUIESCENCE

COMFORT LETTERS -A QUARTET OF DECISIONS INTERRUPT THE JUDICIAL QUIESCENCE C O M F O R T L E T T E R S -A Q U A R T E T OF D E C I S I O N S I N T E R R U P T T H E J U D I C I A L Q U I E S C E N C E Anton Trichardt* * Blur LLB (Pretoria) MALS ( C h i c a g o - K e n t ) A d v o c a t e o f the High Court o f South Africa, Solicitor o f the Supreme Courts o f England and Wales, Western Australia and New South Wales Freehills, Sydney. INTRODUCTION S i n c e comfort letters' made their appearance in the mid-1960's, � they have attracted more than mere passing attention from continental lawyers, especially in Germany.3 Although comfort letters were briefly discussed by 1 In this paper the term "comfort letters" is used throughout. There are, h o w e v e r , many other terms, eg in English: letters o f comfort, letters o f awareness, letters o f responsibility, cold letters, keep-well letters, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tilburg Law Review Brill

COMFORT LETTERS -A QUARTET OF DECISIONS INTERRUPT THE JUDICIAL QUIESCENCE

Trichardt, Anton
Tilburg Law Review , Volume 9 (2): 33 – Jan 1, 2001
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C O M F O R T L E T T E R S -A Q U A R T E T OF D E C I S I O N S I N T E R R U P T T H E J U D I C I A L Q U I E S C E N C E Anton Trichardt* * Blur LLB (Pretoria) MALS ( C h i c a g o - K e n t ) A d v o c a t e o f the High Court o f South Africa, Solicitor o f the Supreme Courts o f England and Wales, Western Australia and New South Wales Freehills, Sydney. INTRODUCTION S i n c e comfort letters' made their appearance in the mid-1960's, � they have attracted more than mere passing attention from continental lawyers, especially in Germany.3 Although comfort letters were briefly discussed by 1 In this paper the term "comfort letters" is used throughout. There are, h o w e v e r , many other terms, eg in English: letters o f comfort, letters o f awareness, letters o f responsibility, cold letters, keep-well letters,

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Tilburg Law Review – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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