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Prof Cayle Lupton

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Name: Cayle Lupton
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Email:听clupton@uj.ac.za

About Prof Cayle Lupton

Cayle Lupton, LLB LLM LLD (UJ), CTFC (LIBF), is an Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg, where he specialises in banking law, with a particular focus on trade finance, financial crime and targeted financial sanctions. He has undertaken various research engagements with bodies such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United States Agency for International Development, and the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce South Africa (ICCSA). Having an established body of published work, Cayle鈥檚 research has been cited authoritatively at both the national and international levels, most recently by the Court of Appeal of Singapore in Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (2023) SGCA 28 par 71 and UNODC in World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in Protected Species (2024) 104.

Cayle is the Director of the Centre for Banking Law, a research centre of the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg responsible for stimulating legal research of relevance to banking and financial institutions. Under Cayle鈥檚 leadership the Centre has achieved several milestones, including having consistently facilitated key national and international research projects, secured funding and sponsorships for research activities, published numerous books, and expanded the Centre鈥檚 research and supervision capacity. The Centre for Banking Law promotes collaboration and partnership with stakeholders (including academics, private institutions, regulators and government agencies) to address important developments in the banking and finance environment.

Cayle is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS), combining academic expertise with practical experience as a commercial lawyer. He serves as chairperson of the Banking Commission of the ICCSA and is frequently called upon to provide legal expertise in the form of legal opinions and advisory work on matters typically involving major banks and financial institutions.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

Cayle鈥檚 teaching experience extends to various qualification levels and courses, including:

  • Diploma (Diploma in Paralegal Studies: Civil Law)
  • Undergraduate (LLB: Administrative Law; and Bachelor of Accounting: Commercial Law and Introduction to Law)
  • Postgraduate (LLM: Banking Law and Financial Services Regulation)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Banking law, with a particular focus on trade finance, financial crime and targeted financial sanctions

SUPERVISION

Cayle supervises postgraduate research (LLM/LLD) in the field of banking law

RESEARCH OUTPUT

A list of Cayle鈥檚 published work is provided below:

Journal articles

  1. Lupton 鈥淐ombating financial crime: the potential and regulation of artificial intelligence鈥� (2025) (1) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg / Journal of South African Law 59 (with Reddy, S)
  2. Lupton 鈥淪anctions compliance as a basis for non-performance of contractual obligations鈥� (2024) (6) 100101 Journal of Economic Criminology 1
  3. Lupton 鈥淭he cryptocurrency conundrum: the emerging role of digital currencies in geopolitical conflicts鈥� (2024) Vol 31 (6) Journal of Financial Crime 1622 (with Tiwari, M; Bernot, A; and Halteh, K)
  4. Lupton 鈥淚llegal wildlife trade: the critical role of the banking sector in combating money laundering鈥� (2023) Vol 26 (7) Journal of Money Laundering Control 181
  5. Lupton 鈥淚ssuance of independent guarantees by insurance companies鈥� (2023) 48 (1) Journal for Juridical Science 16 (with Huneberg, S)
  6. Lupton 鈥淎n analysis of the preclusion rule in documentary credit law with specific reference to the position of nominated and confirming banks鈥� (2023) (2) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg / Journal of South African Law 235 (with Hugo, C)
  7. Lupton 鈥淎 comparative analysis of the targeted financial sanctions regulatory framework of the European Union and United Kingdom: lessons for South Africa鈥� (2023) Vol 86 (1) Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg / Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law 40
  8. Lupton 鈥淎 critical evaluation of the use of sanctions clauses in letters of credit鈥� (2022) Vol (25) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 1
  9. Lupton 鈥溾�極n demand payment鈥� character of independent guarantees鈥� (2022) (3) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg / Journal of South African Law 569
  10. Lupton 鈥�AXA Insurance Pte Ltd v. Chiu Teng Construction Co Pte Ltd [2021] SGCA 62 [Singapore]鈥� (2021) Vol 25 (7) Documentary Credit World 19
  11. Lupton 鈥淓mergence of illegality in the underlying contract as an exception to the independence principle of demand guarantees鈥� (2020) Vol 53 (3) Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 1 (with Kelly-Louw, M)
  12. Lupton 鈥�Tecnicas Reunidas Saudia For Services and Contracting Co Ltd v. The Korea Development Bank 2020 EWHC 968 (TTC) [England]鈥� (2020) Vol 24 (8) Documentary Credit World 12
  13. Lupton 鈥�Investec Bank Ltd v. Lombard Insurance Company Ltd and Another (case no. 69330/2018) [2019] ZAGPPHC 251 (26 June 2019) [South Africa]鈥� (2020) Vol 24 (6) Documentary Credit World 21
  14. Lupton 鈥淒emand guarantees in the construction industry: recent developments in the law relating to the fraud exception to the independence principle鈥� (2019) Vol 31 (3) South African Mercantile Law Journal 399

Book chapters

15. Lupton 鈥淚llegal wildlife trade as a method of financing terrorism鈥� in Goldbarsht, de Koker and Ferrill (eds) The Financial War on Crime and Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges (European Yearbook of International Economic Law), Springer (forthcoming 2026).

16. Lupton 鈥淭he nexus between the illegal wildlife trade and financial crime: a brief introduction鈥� in Lupton (ed) Annual Banking Law Update: Perspectives on Trends, Challenges and Developments in the Financial Services Sector (2025) Juta 16 (with M眉ller, E)

17. Lupton 鈥淪outh Africa鈥檚 controversial relationship with Russia: exploring the risks of the United States鈥� targeted financial sanctions for South African banks鈥� in Kelly-Louw and Lawack (eds) Contemporary Banking and Finance Law (2025), Juta 415

18. Lupton 鈥淗igher education institutions and construction contracts: the demand guarantee as a means of security鈥� in van Eck and Domingo (eds) The Business of Higher Institutional Education 鈥� Integrating Academic Freedom, Pedagogical Approaches and Constitutionalism (2024), UJ Press 47

19. Lupton 鈥淒evelopment of and influences on the South African law of sale of goods in the absence of European-like directives鈥� in Mo虉llers and Van der Linde (eds) On the 4th Industrial Revolution 鈥� Legal Perspectives from Germany and South Africa (2024), Nomos 221 (with Hugo, C)

20. Lupton 鈥淏lockchain-based letters of credit鈥� in Hugo (ed) Annual Banking Law Update (2024), Juta 54.

Edited collections

21. Lupton and Stoop (eds) The Intersection of the Law and Technological Innovation (2025) Juta 1-325

22. Hugo and Lupton (eds) Annual Banking Law Update: Recent Legal Developments of Special Interest to Banks (2025) Juta 1-280

23. Lupton (ed) Annual Banking Law Update: Perspectives on Trends, Challenges and Developments in the Financial Services Sector (2025) Juta 1-196

听Other

24. Book review: Lawack (ed) Fintech Law and Regulation: An African Perspective (2023) in Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg / Journal of South African Law (2024) (4) 846

25. Blog post: 鈥淚llegal wildlife trade: the critical role of the banking sector in combating money laundering鈥� (2024) National 欧美福利100000 of Singapore

26. 鈥淟etters of credit and demand guarantees: a legal study on the impact of targeted financial sanctions from a South African perspective鈥� (2022) LLD thesis 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg.听