We as directors and staff, as a team, pride ourselves in providing quality legal solutions with integrity and efficiency. We are committed to the values of loyalty to our clients and one another with sincerity, honesty and integrity.
PRACTICE AREAS

Conveyancing
- General notarial services including marriage contracts and trusts inter vivos
- Drafting deeds of sales and registration of property transfers
- Township registrations and property developments
Labour Law & Industrial Relations
- Employment related litigation
- CCMA and Bargaining Councils
- Contract of Employment
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Unfair Labour Practice

Litigation
- Liquidation, sequestration and rehabilitation
- Construction and building disputes
- Rentals and eviction disputes
- Banking and credit disputes
- Contractual disputes
- Insurance disputes
Commercial Law
- General commercial advice
- General drafting of Commercial Agreements
- Drafting and amending of Lease Agreements
- Company and Closed Corporations advice
Estates
- Estate planning
- Drafting of wills
- Advice on all aspects of the law of succession
- Drafting and registration of testamentary trust
- Valuation of deceased estates and assets
Debt Collection
- Magistrates court debt collections throughout South Africa
- Appointment of tracing agents for missing debtors
- Bank repossessions and foreclosures
- Credit Agreement Repossessions
WHO WE ARE
The practice comprises of different departments which are directly controlled by one or more of the directors. Close co-operation between the departments ensures that all our clients’ legal needs are met.
We render our services to inter alia commercial and financial institutions, local authorities, developers, civil contractors, insurance companies and private individuals.
DIRECTORS

JANÉS MEYER
LLB 2012 (NWU), Advanced Short Course in Business Rescue Practice 2022 (UNISA), PPRE (Professional Practitioner in Real Estate) 2022
Admitted as Attorney 2015. Director since 2017.
JOHLENE FOURIE
B Com Law 1993, LLB 1995 (US), Dip. Tax 2001 (UCT), MPRE (Master Practitioner in Real Estate) 2019
Admitted as Attorney and Conveyancer 1997. Notary 1999. Director since 2005
AVON LOXTON
B Juris LLB, UWC, 1997
Admitted as Attorney 2000. Conveyancer 2005. Director since 2002
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