- ADMINISTRATIVE & PUBLIC LAW
- COMMERCIAL & GENERAL LITIGATION
- CONVEYANCING & PROPERTY LAW
- CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW
- LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
- TRANSPORTATION LAW
- IMMIGRATION LAW
- CRIMINAL CODE
- PERSONAL INJURIES
- BUSINESS CONTRACTS
ADMINISTRATIVE & PUBLIC LAW
COMMERCIAL & GENERAL LITIGATION
Litigation can be uncertain, time-consuming and costly. However, we in conjunction with our team of highly experienced advocates provide our clients with timely, efficient and cost-effective solutions relating to South African and international transactions in respect of inter alia:
- Securities Litigation;
- Commercial Fraud;
- Competition Law;
- Restraint of Trade Disputes;
- Enforcement and Termination of Commercial Contracts;
- Claims Pertaining to Confidential Information;
- Claims Concerning Directors and Shareholders Rights and Duties;
- Product Liability Disputes.
CONVEYANCING & PROPERTY LAW
Our team of experts has extensive knowledge and experience of the property market in South Africa, and we pride ourselves on our efficient, cost-effective handling of property-related transactions. We are on the panels of all major financial institutions.
In addition to its conventional property practice, Strauss Daly was the first in the industry to form a specialised multi-disciplinary team of conveyancing and engineering professionals, adding value to clients on the legal-, town planning- and engineering aspects of property development and construction.
Core services include:
Conventional-, sectional title-, sheriff-, insolvent- and deceased estate transfers; notarial work; sectional title- and township development; property development consulting; mortgage- and covering bonds; inland- and maritime credit security; sales and leasing of immovable property; due diligence investigations and property investment feasibility studies.
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW
Commercial law deals generally with those legal principles applied in the world of business and applies to persons and entities who are engaged in business and commercial transactions. Corporate law deals with those legal principles applicable to companies and other legal entities.
As one can imagine, the Corporate and Commercial field of law has an extremely wide application, ranging from ordinary sale of goods in a store to large mergers and acquisitions by and between multinational corporations.
Corporate and Commercial law requires a very wide range of skill sets and lawyers specialising in this field must be knowledgeable in many facets of the law.
Our Corporate and Commercial lawyers are equipped with extensive knowledge and experience, possessing the required skill sets to service all of your corporate and commercial needs.
LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
We have gathered a lot of knowledge and advised many organisations, large and small, for over 35 years about labour and employment law issues, including:
- providing clarity and legal certainty by researching and drafting legal opinions on labour and employment law issues;
- empowering our clients by providing easy-to-understand labour and employment policies and agreements;
- advising clients on some of the latest laws, including data protection laws and anti-bribery and corruption laws that they are subject to;
- reviewing the policies of JSE-listed entities;
- empowering managers to maintain acceptable standards of conduct and performance by advising them;
- resolving disputes by handling our clients’ alternative dispute resolution processes and investigating employee grievances and potential breaches of standards;
- managing risks by providing forensic assistance in identifying potential risks;
- resolving disputes between an employer and their employees by representing the employer in legal forums such as the CCMA and labour court; and
- raising awareness by conducting workshops and training for managers on labour and employment law issues.
TRANSPORTATION LAW
IMMIGRATION LAW
CRIMINAL CODE
PERSONAL INJURIES
BUSINESS CONTRACTS
Dealing with contracts is part of running a small business. You will have a number of business relationships involving some type of contractual commitment or obligation.
You may:
- be a purchaser of goods and services - as a borrower of money, in rental agreements and franchise agreements
- be a supplier of goods and services – retailer, wholesaler, independent contractor
- have a partnering agreement with other businesses – partnerships, joint ventures, consortium.