Practice Areas
Criminal Law
Our team of criminal defense lawyers specializes in protecting the rights of persons and entities investigated, arrested or charged with criminal or regulatory offences.
Commercial Law
Commercial law regulates legal and other relationships between parties, and is integral to everyday operations of your business.
Family Law & Estate Administration
From the drafting of an antenuptial contract, assisting a client in estate planning, forming and registering a trust, drafting a will, assisting a client in a divorce, assisting a client with the death of a loved one and assisting in the winding up of an estate.
Employment & Labour Law
Ensuring compliance and effective management of labour related issues in a highly regulated and complex environment is critically important for your business, your people and reputation.
Civil Litigation
We are able to assist our clients in instituting action based on delict as well as defend any delictual action that may have been instituted against our clients. Should a person need assistance in either instituting a claim for delictual damages or defending such a claim, our attorneys will be more than able to assist in this regard specifically.
Property Law & Conveyancing
We are able to assist all role players in the property law field such as buyers, sellers, developers, managing agents lessors, lessees, body corporates, Sectional tittle schemes, home owners associations (HOA).
Criminal Law
Criminal convictions and adverse administrative or regulatory findings can have life changing consequences. Convicted persons can suffer imprisonment, the loss of jobs and the loss of other privileges most of us take for granted. It is therefore essential that individuals and entities facing charges of this nature receive sound legal advice and representation.
Our team of criminal defense lawyers specializes in protecting the rights of persons and entities investigated, arrested or charged with criminal or regulatory offences. We have the knowledge, experience and commitment to provide efficient service at short notice and at any forum nationally, irrespective the nature and seriousness of the offence.
- Bail application at police stations and formal bail application in all Courts
- Drafting of formal representations for the withdrawal of charges
- Mediation & diversion of criminal charges
- Plea and sentence agreements
- Conduct of criminal hearings in all Courts
- Appeals & reviews in the High Court / Supreme Court of Appeal / Constitutional Courts
- Expungements of criminal records
- Review and setting aside of admission of guilt payments
- Domestic violence and harassment offences
- Murder / attempted murder /assault / rape / crime injury & other common law criminal offences
- Drug related offences / driving under the influence of alcohol & other driving related offences
- Money laundering / fraud / theft / & other commercial offences
- Contraventions of the Financial Sector Regulation Act and enquiries by the FSCA
- Contraventions of the Competition Act and hearings in the Competition Tribunal
- All other statutory offences, including but not limited to Municipal by-law offences
Commercial Law
Commercial law regulates legal and other relationships between parties and is integral to everyday operations of your business.
We have extensive experience and understanding in all aspects of commercial law which includes the drafting of agreements, the structuring of transactions and litigating in relation to commercial matters. This is underpinned by a comprehensive understanding of the law and our years of experience.
- Negotiation of contracts
- Management of contracts
- Resolution of contractual disputes
- Drafting of contracts
- Renewing and settling of contracts
- Enforcement of contracts by way of litigation
Property Law & Coveyancing
We have a wealth of experience in the property law arena both on the commercial and transaction side, as well as, on the disputes resolution side. We are able to assist all role players in the property law field such as buyers, sellers, developers, managing agents lesos, lessees, body corporates, Sectional tittle schemes, homeowners’ associations (HOA).
We provide innovative solutions in an ever changing market, whether from a legal or commercial perspective.
Through our highly effective and considered advice, we look to prevent property disputes from arising or escalating in the first instance where litigation cannot be avoided, we excel in finding creative solutions to complex and significant property disputes.
- Bond registration and cancellations
- Erf subdivision and consolidation
- Property transfer
- Registration of notarial bonds and deeds
- Sectional tittle registration
- Township development
- Residential development
- Sale and lease agreement (reviews, drafting and vetting)
- Eviction
- Spoliation applications
- Default notices
- Letter of demand
- Municipal disputes
- Rental disputes
- Offer to purchase
Estate & Family Law
Detailed attention is given to both the sensitive nature and extreme stress which clients are exposed to when dealing with estate and family related matters.
From the drafting of an antenuptial contract, assisting a client in estate planning, forming and registering a trust, drafting a will, assisting a client in a divorce, assisting a client with the death of a loved one and assisting in the winding up of an estate.
We realise that we are dealing with people, we therefore always remain sensitive and mindful of the personal nature of this kind of work, focusing on the person and not only the task at hand.
- Domestic violence and harassment
- Advising on drafting and registering of antenuptial contracts
- Divorces and related underogatory disputes
- Maintenance and custody disputes
- Parenting claims and cohabitation agreements
- Advising on drafting of wills and codicils
- Executorship roles
- Winding up of deceased estate
- Advising and drafting of trust deeds
- Trustee roles
Employment & Labour related
Employees are the heart of a business and the key to its success. Ensuring compliance and effective management of labour related issues in a highly regulated and complex environment is critically important for your business, your people and reputation.
We advise on all employment law related matters, covering individual and collective employment law. Additionally, we advise on contentious (dispute related) and non-contentious matters across all of these areas.
We support our clients by mediating disputes and appearing in all employment related forum, including the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, the Statutory Bargaining Councils, the Pensions Funds Adjudicator, Labour Courts, Labour Appeal Courts, High Courts, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court.
We also chair hearings on behalf of clients, including grievances, disciplinary and appeal learnings.
Our clients are kept up to date on all significant changes and developments to the law. We assist our clients in understanding how these laws may impact their people management and their business.
- Chairing disciplinary hearing
- Employment and labour legislation advice
- Employment contracts
- Legal representation at Labours Court hearings
- Representing either the employees or the employers at disciplinary hearing
- Restraint of trade
- Retrenchment procedures
Civil Litigation
We are able to assist our clients in instituting action based on delict as well as defend any delictual action that may have been instituted against our clients.
Should a person need assistance in either instituting a claim for delictual damages or defending such a claim, our attorneys will be more than able to assist in this regard specifically. Our team can assist with instituting claims for patrimonial law and or non-patrimonial law.
- Asset recovery
- Building and construction disputes
- Contact disputes
- Damages claim
- Debt collection
- Defamation
- Insolvency
- Lease disputes and eviction
- Property disputes
- Tender reviews
- Urgent interdict and enforcement application