About the position
CANDIDATE ATTORNEY
Location: Silverlakes, Pretoria
NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:
- 1st Year Article Clerk | Right of Appearance
- Bilingual: Afrikaans & English (read, write, speak)
- Own vehicle essential
- Willing to travel to Pretoria CBD
No applications will be accepted via Facebook.
All CVs must be emailed to [Email Address Removed]
If you have not heard from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Minimum requirements:
- BCom Law/ LLB / BA Law / BProc.
- 1st year Article Clerk with right of appearance
- Fluent in Afrikaans and English (read, write and speak) to serve clients in home language.
- Own vehicle essential.
- Willing to travel to Pretoria CBD.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Drafts pleadings, notices, and applications in the Magistrate’s Court and High Court (defended/undefended and opposed/unopposed matters).
- Attends to trial matters as well as unopposed and opposed motions.
- Attends trials and motions with Counsel in the High Court.
- Assists Counsel in all aspects of trial and motion preparation.
- Attends consultations with clients and Counsel.
- Serves and files documents at the Magistrate’s Court and High Court.
- Civil and Commercial litigation, which will include, amongst others:
- Partnership, Sale of business, Sale of shares, Shareholder’s, Sale of member’s interest agreements, etc.
- Lease and sale of property agreements.
- General power of attorney.
- Compliance with applicable legislation.
- Building contracts
- Administration of deceased estates.
Family law matters:
- Maintenance applications.
- Children’s Court proceedings.
- Domestic violence interdicts.
- Division of matrimonial estates.
- Surrogate motherhood agreements.
- Cohabitation agreements.
- Parental plan agreements.
- Contact rights disputes.
- Anti-nuptial contracts.
- Partnership agreement.
- Correspondent work.
Criminal law matters, which include:
- Bail applications.
- Criminal trials and court appearances.
- Harassment interdicts.
- Specialized Crimes Court matters.
- Appeals, Reviews, Petitions, Expert opinions.
- Plea and sentence agreements.
- Alternative dispute resolutions.
Desired Skills:
- Attorney
- Article Clerk
- Graduate
- LLB
- Law
