Litigation
Constitutional Court, High Court and Supreme Court Litigation
The Firm is very proud of and is well known throughout South Africa for its speciality work that it conducts in the public sector in the National, Provincial and Local Government administrative sphere.
“It has been involved in litigation in this area since establishment in 1996, throughout the entire democratic transformation process in South Africa from which time the Firm has acted as experts in the Local Government administrative law spheres.”
The professional staff of the Firm has been involved in litigation matters in the following types of disputes:
- Challenging and/or enforcing the validity of general administrative acts, both at a Provincial Government as well as Local Government level
- Challenging and/or enforcing the validity of Municipal Council Resolutions, Executive Mayoral Committee Resolutions and Recommendations, Section 79 and 80 Committee Resolutions and Recommendations
- Defending High Court litigation in disputes relating to the appointment, suspension and dismissal of municipal managers, section 57 managers and other senior management employees in the Provincial and Local Government sphere
- Supply Chain Management litigation relating to tender evaluation / adjudication disputes and interdicts for the review and setting aside of tenders adjudicated by municipalities and public entities at Provincial and National level
- Damages claims
- Contractual claims
- Constitutional Court and High Court litigation relating to challenges in respect of the validity of property rates, taxes and tariffs implemented by Municipalities
- Litigation relating to the eviction of squatters. The Firm has successfully opposed a variety of eviction applications to prevent the unlawful eviction of less privileged communities on mandates from Municipalities
- Obtaining and/or opposing interdicts on an urgent, semi-urgent and in the normal course of court proceedings relating to municipal property, municipal resolutions and/or general administrative decisions
- Collection of municipal taxes, rates and tariffs
- Attendance to litigation in respect of Town Planning, Environmental Law and Property Law
- Expropriations for purposes of establishment of housing and agri-village purposes
- Litigation relating to breaches of services agreements and/or conditions of establishment with property developers
- Declaratory orders and review applications relating to general administrative acts at all levels of Government
- Applications relating to access to information and the procedures stemming therefrom in the public and international law sphere
Relevant Projects
Senqu Municipality – High Court and Legal Opinion
Trusted Legal Experts in Public Administrative and Commercial Law
A specialist law firm with decades of experience providing litigation and advisory services across the National, Provincial and Local Government sectors.