Consolidated Finance Co Ltd v Reuvid [1912] ZATPD 135 (19 November 1912)

Debtor and Creditor.-Salary.-Full amount of.- Cession.-
Partly valid and partly invalid.-Notice of Cession.-Money Advanced by Employer.-Set-off.

A debtor may validly cede the whole amount of his salary
to become due from his employer up to the amount of
the debt. Such a cession is not contra bonos mores.

Where a cession is partly valid and partly invalid, the
valid portion can be given effect to and the invalid
portion rejected.

Cession of a salary cannot be defeated by a set-off claimed by the employer for money advanced to the employee after notice of such cession, and the fact that such cession was merely as security for the debt is immaterial.