35.1 Inleiding

‘In the real business world, a decision must be made now whether or not to proceed with the transaction and legal counsel’s opinion must be made now as to whether clearance procedures are available and have been complied with. The business executive can accept either “yes” or “no” as an answer but he cannot effectively function in an environment in which the law, lawyers or the courts say, “Go ahead and I will tell you later – perhaps years later – whether the transaction is vulnerable to attack.”