Areas of Practice

INTRODUCING OUR EXPERTISE

FNP team of lawyers possess a great wealth of experience and knowledge in many areas of practice. The insights and nuances which our legal practitioners garnered from different industries over the decades puts FNP in a unique position to better comprehend our clients’ needs and to perform beyond their expectations.

Administrative Law

With regards to the rights of our clients, we advise them according to the law to ensure that their rights and interests are always protected.

The services we offer in this field include, but are not limited to:

- Certiorari Declaration
- Declaratory Relief
- Mandamus

Contract Law

Writing is as imperative to a lawyer as oxygen is to our survival. An outstanding contract leaves no stone unturned whilst being enforceable by the courts. Our practitioners are well-trained to deliver comprehensive contracts.

We offer our assistance in:

- General Contracts Agreements
- Constructions and Building Contracts
- Guarantees and Indemnities

Conveyancing

FNP has assisted clients on land matters such as Probate, transfer, evictions, removal of caveat, corporate and acquisition are examples of the services provided by us, from the transfer of small plots of real estate to large corporate acquisitions to the removal of caveats.

Our team of diligent and savvy associates are always ready to deliver impeccable service in conveyancing, the areas include:

- General Conveyancing Matters
- Acquisitions
- Leases and Tenancies
- Loan Documentation
- Lodgement or Removal of Caveats
- Sale and Purchase Agreements
- Stamping
- Transfer of Assets

Corporate & Commercial Law

FNP provides legal advice and assistance in negotiations as well as the drafting of both standard and exclusive commercial arrangements. We are empowered by our extensive experience, deep understanding and knowledge in this crucial area, enabling us to offer these services:

- Secretarial Matters
- Corporate Conveyancing
- General Corporate Advice
- Debentures
- Listing
- Mergers, Takeover and Acquisitions
- Minority Shareholders’ Protection / Actions
- Project Advisory / Project Financing
- Section 368 Restraining Orders
- Shareholders’ Agreements
- Swaps
- Winding Up Proceedings

Criminal Law

We at FNP adhere to the legal maxim of “Innocent until proven guilty” and the constitutional right to be represented in upholding and defending one’s beliefs. FNP boldly and fearlessly act for our clients who require legal representation, and we have advised and successfully defended clients in various penal code offence cases.

Employment Law & Industrial Relations

Employment Law & Industrial Law

We are well acquainted with the procedures and practices of the industrial and labour courts due to the high volume of cases which FNP takes on.
Our success in this area means we are able to offer top-class representation in the matters below:
- Appeals
- Certiorari Declaration
- Enforcement of Awards
- General Advice on Employment and Labour Matters
- Industrial Court Actions
- Labour Court Matters
- Domestic Enquiries
- Wrongful Dismissals
- Layoffs and Retrenchment
- Trade Union Issues

General Litigation

Litigation is likened to war. As seasoned practitioners with decades of experience and successes in court, our clients have access to the best legal representation available. FNP is able to assist and represent, inter alia, in the following cases:

- General Debt Recovery
- Anton Pillar Orders
- Appeals of Taxation of Cost
- Arrest Before Judgement / Preservation of Property
- Attachment Proceedings / Writ of Seizure and Sale
- Bankruptcy Proceedings
- Certiorari Declarations
- Contempt Proceedings
- Defamation
- Judgement Debtor Summons
- Mareva Injunctions
- Negligence
- Nuisance
- Prohibitory and Mandatory Injunctions
- Representative Actions
- Specific Performance
- Third Party Proceedings
- Trespass Actions
- Winding Up Proceedings

Insurance Law

FNP offers advice to clients on the interpretation and enforcement of insurance and contract and/or the breach thereof, and we are regularly called upon to provide legal opinions. Should the matter proceed to arbitration, mediation or litigation, FNP is willing and able to provide assistance till the matter is fully resolved.

- General Insurance
- Fire Insurance

Matrimonial and Family Law

Keeping in line with our motto of professionalism, ethics and integrity, this practice area is handled with the utmost discretion and with deep sensitivity to our clients and their families. We have successfully steered our clients in resolving family disputes, whether simple or complex, while maintaining confidentiality and empathy. We have experience in the following areas:

- Divorce
- Custody of Children
- Maintenance
- Department of Matrimonial Assets
- Enforcement of Maintenance Awards
-Variation Orders
- Judicial Separation
- Deeds of Separation

Probate Administration

This practice area demands a high level of professionalism and discretion to reassure the families of the deceased that their estate is being handled by a skilled and capable team.

Our advice is centred on enforcing the most tax-efficient and effective structure whilst staying true to the spirit of the will and never straying from the wishes of the deceased. We provide the following services in this practice area:

- Letters of Administration

- Family Trusts and Deeds

- Grant of Probate

- Power of Attorney

- Small Estates

- Estate Duties