Family Law

Family Law is a legal practice area that focuses on issues involving family relationships.

Commercial Law

Commercial law involves legal problems that can occur in the running of a business and commercial transaction.

Criminal Law

Criminal Law a system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders, such as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering of the property, health, safety and moral welfare of people.

Civil Litigation

Civil litigation distinguishes Attorneys Court work in the non-criminal stream of actions in law. It encompasses not just the representations made in Court, but also the pre-trial procedures including arguing hearings, and the post-trial procedures such as costs and enforcement of a judgment.

Maintenance Claims

Maintenance is the legal obligation to provide another person, for example, a dependent child, with housing, food, clothing, education, and medical care, or with the means that are necessary for providing the person with these essentials e.g. Child maintenance. The rule of thumb is always in the ‘best interest of the child’. There is further a reciprocal duty between parents and children and vice versa.

Domestic Violence Victims

Domestic violence is violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. Examples include behaviours that physically harm, arouse fear, prevent a partner from doing what they wish or force them to behave in ways they do not want. It includes the use of physical violence, threats and intimidation, emotional abuse and economic deprivation.

Adoption Matters

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another.

Ante Nuptial Agreements

This is also referred to a Prenuptial Contract, entered into by two people prior to their marriage.

Matrimonial Disputes

Family law refers to matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations and is an area of the law that deals with family matters, divorces, domestic violence, and children’s rights.

Labour Law

Labour Law: This is ultimately the law relating to the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers. Labour Law deals with the legal rights of working people and the organisations they work for. It also includes any statutory obligations to which employers are to comply with.

Drawing of Wills

Wills (also known as the Last Testament): When it comes to drawing up a Will, it can be potentially dangerous if you get things wrong and could lead to unintended consequences. It is advisable that a professional draw up your Will to ensure that your ultimate last wishes are achieved as intended. Having a Will is one thing, however making sure that it is procedurally correct is another thing.

Assistance in Conveyances

This term relates to the transfer of legal title of real property from one person to another or the granting of an encumbrance such as a mortgage. In simpler terms, it is a branch of law concerned with the preparation of documents for the conveyance of a property.

Liquidations and Sequestration

The term “liquidation” refers to the bankruptcy of a company or close corporation and certain other legal entities. The term “sequestration” refers to the bankruptcy of a person or a trust. “Surrender of the estate” refers to the process where a natural person asks a court to declare him insolvent.