Grove, Niek2025-02-182025-02-182025-05-282024-12-01*M2025http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101033Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2024.The research explores the intricate challenges with the fraud defence and proposes suggestions, through international jurisprudential developments, regarding a possible additional defence to curtail abusive calls on-demand guarantees. The additional defence, the ‘unconscionable conduct’ exception, is illustrated as seemingly indirectly finding its way into South African case law under the guise of the broad approach to the fraud defence.en© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Mini Dissertation12109101None