High Court litigation

Assistance, advise and legal representation can be provided in terms of the following:

• Manner and forms of dispute resolution through the process of conciliation, mediation and arbitration.
• Dismissal - the requirements for a fair dismissal as well as the procedure to be adopted by the employer.
• Residual unfair labour practices namely, unfair discrimination, unfair conduct, unfair suspension and disciplinary action short of dismissal, as well as failure to re-employ.
• Registration of bargaining councils and statutory councils to allow the establishment of collective bargaining forums in an industry/sector where the majority of workers are unionized.
• Purpose, application and interpretation of the Labour Relations Act and the impact it has on South African Employers and Employees.
• Organisational rights of a trade union (namely access to the workplace, deduction of subscription or levies from members wages, representatives, disclosure of information); the procedure for the exercise of organizational rights as well as disputes over organizational rights.
• Procedural requirements in respect in respect of strikes and lock-outs.

All the professional members of our litigation Department have been duly admitted to personally appear and conduct matters in the High Court. This constitutes a real advantage to clients as it is therefore not always necessary to brief counsel to appear on behalf of the attorney concerned. In so doing, the sometimes-unnecessary counsel’s fees are avoided, resulting in a substantial reduction in costs for the client.

However the volume and diverse nature of legal cases in our Litigation Department do require our Company to, where deemed necessary, utilize the services of counsel in those matters of a complex nature where specific expertise are required in order to assist a client to the full extent, and provide the best representation where possible.