This Department is run by the senior practitioners who handle the following matters primarily: Structuring of agreements; legal opinions and advice; dealing with governmental bodies (both central and local) on behalf of clients; general representational work; close corporation and company registration. Although primarily involved in the above matters, the director has overall responsibility for the firm’s practice and may be consulted on any matter should a potential client so prefer. Although, in such circumstances, a partner may handle the initial consultation, he may in due course, and in the client’s best interest, hand over the mandate to a specialist department. The partners seek to draw on experience from other specialist departments in interdisciplinary matters.

Taleni Department handles from start to finish all litigation in the following Courts: Magistrate’s Court, High Court, Supreme Court, District Labour Court and the Labour Court. The Department is also responsible for representation of clients in all criminal matters.

This Department is headed by a qualified Conveyancer in the person of Liana T. van den Bergh. She is assisted by Lydia de Waal who is a Conveyancing, Estates and Collections Clerks with more than 18 years experience and Dorris Robertson, an ex- Deeds Office Clerk and long service in a law firm.

*Conveyancing; *Regional, *Local Government and Elections; *Commercial and Corporate Transactions and Structuring of Agreements; *Fisheries and Maritime; *Banking Law; *Mining and Prospecting (licensing); *Utility (Electricity); *Constitutional and Administrative Review; *Communications; *Deceased Estates; *Labour Law advice, including Litigation; *Trade Licences (Gambling, Liquor, etc.); *Building and Construction; *Family; *Motor Vehicle Accidents; *Litigation in both Civil and Criminal Law; *Corporate Debt Collection; *Registration of Companies and Close Corporations; *Arbitration; *Black Empowerment Transactions; *Legal Opinions; *Preparation of Notarial Deeds (Notarial Bonds, Servitutes, etc); *International Trade Agreements; Loan Agreements and Commercial Agreements.