What We Do

Commercial
& General Litigation

We deal with all aspects of dispute resolution and litigation in the Magistrate Court, Labour Court, High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, Constitutional Court, CCMA and other bargaining councils including: personal injury claims, commercial litigation, general insurance matters, labour and employment law, medical negligence, debt recovery and/or collections, consumer law, urgent interdicts, restraints of trade enforcements and disputes.

Labour Law

We provide a comprehensive, tailored labour solution to employers, such as:

• Audit and review of current Labour Policies and Procedures to determine compliance with applicable legislation.
• Drafting and implementation of a tailored Disciplinary Policies and Procedures Manual as well as the induction and training of staff.
• Advice and drawing of employment contracts, restraints of trade or confidentiality agreements.
• Chairing of disciplinary, incapacity and grievance inquiries.
• Facilitating and ensuring compliance with large and small scale retrenchments.
• Section 197 transfer of business compliance.
• Representing clients at the CCMA, Labour Court and other bargaining councils.
• Strikes and lock-outs.
• Rescission of Default Awards.
• Enforcement of Awards.
• Review Applications in the Labour Court.
• Disputes relating to restraints or confidentiality.
• Temporary Employment Services and Labour Brokers.
• Legal advice on all areas of labour and employment law.
• In-house training and facilitation on all aspects of employment law such as but not limited to BBBEE, Skills Development and Employment Equity.
• Consulting on all aspects of HR and IR.
• Attending to all aspects of Health and Safety requirements and environment.

Wills & Estates

• Drafting and advice on wills and testaments.
• Acting as executor, or agent of executor, to report and finalise deceased estates at the Master of the High Court.

Family Law

• Ante-nuptial contracts and other proprietary issues
• Customary and civil partnerships
• Divorce and dissolutions of civil and customary marriages
• Access and custody
• Custody and guardianship issues

Contracts

We attend to the drafting, interpretation and reviewing of all types of contracts such as - but not limited to:

• Lease agreements
• Franchise agreements
• Sale agreements
• Shareholders agreements
• Agreement of association
• Employment agreements
• Consultancy agreements
• Service level agreements
• Dealer agreements
• Distributor agreements
• Agency agreements
• Restraints of trade agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Escrow agreements

Construction Law

• Compliance with Construction Industry Development Board Act and regulation
• Best Practice regulations and the preferred 4 forms of contract
• NEC3 family of standard contracts
• FIDIC
• General Conditions for Construction works
• JBCC series 2000
• Delays, Variations, discrepancies
• Bill of quantities
• Breach of contracts
• Penalty clauses
• Occupational Health and Safety issues
• Insurance law issues
• Employment law issues

Statutory Services

• New Company Registrations
• Director/Member Appointments & Resignations
• Auditor/Secretary Appointments & resignations
• Company/CC Changes – Year End; Name; Registered Office Address; etc.
• Company/CC Deregistration
• Convert CC to Company
• Annual Returns - Submission & Lodgment
• Company/CC Re-instatements
• SARS Registrations – Income Tax & VAT

COVID-19

• Labour Law
  • COVID-19 workplace plans & posters
  • COVID-19 policy manuals
  • Retrenchments
  • TERS (UIF claims)
  • Assistance with labour disputes.