{"id":852,"date":"2012-01-26T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=852"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:22:33","slug":"dr-richard-stevens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/handelsreg-mercantile-law\/dr-richard-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Richard Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Vice Dean &amp; Associate Professor | Visedekaan &amp; Medeprofessor<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8450\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-1536x1536.png 1536w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Richard-Stevens-photoaidcom-cropped-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>BA LLB (Stell) LLM (T\u00fcbingen) LLD (Stell)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email\/E-pos: <a href=\"mailto:rastev@sun.ac.za\">rastev@sun.ac.za<\/a><a name=\"S\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0364-7630\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/orcid_16x16.png\" alt=\"ORCID iD icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0364-7630\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0364-7630<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" align=\"none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof Richard Stevens is an Associate Professor in Mercantile Law and the Vice Dean of the Faculty. Prof Stevens has been involved at the faculty, initially lecturing Insolvency Law, from 1999 and then Company Law since 2004. \u00a0He has presented in the area of Company Law at international conferences in Scotland, the Netherlands and Australia. His focus has been on liability within company groups and has published predominantly in this area of Company Law. His focus is furthermore on the position of directors and their fiduciary duties. He is an admitted attorney and served as candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel where he also remained as admitted attorney before joining the faculty. He completed his Master of Laws degree at the University of T\u00fcbingen, Germany and his doctoral degree at the Stellenbosch University. He is also an accredited commercial mediator as well as a director at Cluver Markotter Inc in the Commercial and Labour Law department on a part-time basis.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof Richard Stevens is \u0149 medeprofessor in Handelsreg en die Visedekaan van die Fakulteit. Prof Stevens was sedert 1999 betrokke by die fakulteit en het aanvanklik Insolvensiereg doseer, waarna hy Maatskappyereg sedert 2004 doseer. Hy lewer referate by internasionale konferensies in Skotland, Nederland en Australi\u00eb. Hy bestudeer die aanspreeklikheid binne maatskappygroepe en het veral op hierdie gebied van Maatskappyereg gepubliseer. Hy fokus verder op die posisie van direkteure en hul vertrouensplig. Hy is \u0149 toegelate prokureur en het sy klerkskap by Webber Wentzel voltooi, waar hy ook as prokureur gepraktiseer het voordat hy by die fakulteit aangesluit het. Hy het sy LLM aan die Universiteit van T\u00fcbingen, Duitsland voltooi en sy doktorsgraad aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Hy is ook \u0149 geakkrediteerde kommersi\u00eble bemiddelaar en \u0149 direkteur by Cluver Markotter Inc in die handels- en arbeidsregafdeling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Fields of specialisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Company Law<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Maatskappyereg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>LLB: Mercantile Law 471 (Company Law), Mercantile Law 312 (Insolvency Law)<br \/>\nBAcc: Mercantile Law 291<br \/>\nBComm: Mercantile Law 381<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>LLB:\u00a0Handelsreg 471 (Maatskappyereg), Handelsreg 312 (Insolvensiereg)<br \/>\nBRek: Mercantile Law 291<br \/>\nBComm: Mercantile Law 381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Books\/Boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cCrimes under the Companies Act 71 of 2008\u201d \u00a0in G Kemp (ed)\u00a0<em>Criminal Law in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>(2012), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R Author of three chapters in\u00a0<em>Company Secretarial Practice<\/em>\u00a02016 (Juta), M Havenga Managing Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cVisser Sitrus v Goede Hoop Sitrus: \u201cBest Interest and Oppressive Conduct: Never the twain shall meet?\u201d Ius Commune, Edinburgh November 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cCreditor Protection within company groups\u201d, Ius Commune, Maastricht November 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cK<em>uwait Asia Bank EC v National Mutual Nominees Ltd<\/em>\u00a0revisited: The possible vicarious liability of a holding company for the delicts caused by its nominee directors on the board of its subsidiary\u201d (2019) 1\u00a0<em>Tydskrif vir die Suid Afrikaanse Reg<\/em>\u00a078-90.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cThe legal nature of the duty of care and skill\u201d (2017) 20\u00a0<em>Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal <\/em>1-28<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cLiability within company groups\u201d (2016) 4\u00a0<em>Tydskrif vir die Suid Afrikaanse Reg\u00a0<\/em>709-730.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cThe Duty of Care and Skill, And Reckless Trading: Remedies in Flux?\u201d (2016) 28\u00a0<em>South African Mercantile Law Journal <\/em>250-284<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cThe Consolidation of Assets and Liabilities within Company Groups: Can South African Company learn From New Zealand\u2019s Company Law?\u201d\u00a0<em>Dovenschmidt Quarterly<\/em>\u00a03\/2014.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cCircumventing Veil Piercing: Possible delictual liability of a holding company to a creditor of its insolvent subsidiary\u201d (2013) 24\u00a0<em>Stellenbosch Law Review<\/em>\u00a093-106.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R \u201cRIP Testator\u201d (2001) 118 <em>South African Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0230-236.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conferences\/Konferensies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stevens R <em>Kuwait Asia Bank EC v National Mutual Nominees Ltd<\/em><em>\u00a0revisited: The possible vicarious liability of a holding company for the delicts caused by its nominee directors on the board of its subsidiary <\/em>(2018) unpublished paper prepared for the <em>Australian Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference<\/em> at Melbourne Australia, February 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Stevens R <em>The duty of care and skill and reckless trading: unnecessary duplication? <\/em>(2014) unpublished paper prepared for the <em>Australian Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference<\/em> Adelaide Australia, February 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Handelsreg \/ Mercantile Law\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/handelsreg-mercantile-law\/\">Terug \/ Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Vice Dean &amp; Associate Professor | Visedekaan &amp; Medeprofessor BA LLB (Stell) LLM (T\u00fcbingen) LLD (Stell) Email\/E-pos: rastev@sun.ac.za https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0364-7630 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Prof Richard Stevens is an Associate Professor in Mercantile Law and the Vice Dean of the Faculty. 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