The firm acts in litigious and non-litigious work, and your matter is uniformly opened, recorded and continually supervised. Our administration is by way of the powerful and sophisticated AJS system, which operates off-line for your protection and ours.
Most disputes are won or lost on preparation. We conduct action and application proceedings in the High Court and the Magistrates' Courts, and we prepare each matter on the assumption that it will be argued, whether or not it settles first.
Not every dispute belongs in a courtroom. Where a matter falls to a specialist tribunal, the procedure and the papers differ from ordinary litigation, and we prepare them accordingly.
Transfers, bonds and those deeds which by law only a notary may attest are attended to by specialist associate colleagues, instructed and supervised through this firm so that the file is properly supervised and monitored.
Commercial work is at its most valuable before there is a dispute. We draft agreements that say what the parties actually intend, and we advise on the arrangements that sit behind them.
Statutory obligations rarely announce themselves until something has gone wrong. We help companies and non-profit organisations meet theirs as a matter of routine.
Our scale of attorney and own client fees is realistic because of our structure and our long-standing personnel. Every matter is opened on a written mandate with the applicable tariff annexed, so what the work will cost is settled before it begins.
The administration of an estate is a formal process with fixed requirements and real deadlines. It is attended to by specialist associate colleagues, instructed and supervised through this firm, with the care the circumstances usually demand.
No firm of our size does everything well. Where a matter calls for expertise we do not hold in-house — certain specialist fields, or a forum in another province — we will say so at the outset and, where we can, refer you to someone who does. Where counsel should be briefed, we will explain why and what it will cost before we brief anyone.