Robert Charles Attorneys

Description:

We are a firm of attorneys based in Cape Town CBD, comprising of 4 attorneys including a notary and two conveyancers, as well as 2 <br/>consultants. The Firm was founded in 2004 and specializes in general litigation, personal injury claims, medical negligence, construction and consumer law and conveyancing.<br/><br/> The firm’s office is situated at 33 Church Street, Cape Town, which is ideally situated in the Central Business District of Cape Town and in close proximity to the High Court and Magistrate’s Court as well as the Deeds Office and Master’s Office. The firm has successfully <br/>established an office in Kimberley, Northern Cape.<br/><br/> Over the last 16 years, the firm has built up a wealth of experience in general litigation and conveyancing. The firm specializes in personal injury claims, medical negligence and malpractice, construction law, and commercial debt collection. Underpinning this is <br/>public interest work, more specifically the protection of fundamental human rights, aimed at the upliftment of communities that have been subjected to oppression, deprivation, poverty, and unemployment.<br/><br/> The Firm has well-established relationships with various commercial institutions which include Nedbank, Absa Bank, Standard Bank, First National Bank, The Road Accident Fund, Eskom, The Industrial Development Corporation, the Department of Health in the Northern Cape, and Transnet.<br/><br/> For private sector clients, our services have been tailored to meet the growing challenges facing South Africans in an increasingly competitive global environment.<br/><br/> We have succeeded in striking a balance between community-based interests and commercial matters. We provide professional guidance in the administration of major investments, buying and selling of immovable property, deceased estates, the registration <br/>of mortgage bonds, and the like. We continue to be at the cutting edge of innovative IT developments as part of our commitment to render quality service to our clients.<br/><br/> <h2>Personal Injury and Insurance Law</h2><br/> The Professional Staff at the firm has been involved with litigation on behalf of the Road Accident Fund since 1999 with the firm acting for and on behalf of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in defending actions instituted against it in the High Court, Arbitration <br/>Proceedings as well as both the Magistrate’s Court and Regional Court. The firm has expertise in dealing with issues of statutory compliance and by nature of the work, general insurance law. We have developed extensive experience in evaluating <br/>delictual issues and dealing with the merits of matters. A great deal of this litigation has focused on evaluating Administrative decisions by the Road Accident Fund as well as defending such decisions before the Appeal Tribunal of the Health Professions <br/>Council of South Africa. Our particular specialty lies in the assessment of quantum, investigating damages suffered, and the effective quantification of damages arising from personal injury claims. As a consequence of our work, we have developed a network of medical experts who we can call upon to assist in the evaluation of quantum claims.<br/><br/> The firm has also recently been involved in a matter which was heard in the Constitutional Court which dealt with issues pertaining to the rights of children, delictual compensation, and social security law in South Africa.<br/><br/> <h2>General Litigation</h2><br/> We have developed extensive expertise in litigating and settling matters in the High Court, the Magistrate’s Court, and Regional Court. We have been at forefront of all changes to the respective court rules and practice notes relating to the conduct of litigation <br/>and have an in-depth knowledge of Rule 37 (8) case management procedure currently utilized in the Western Cape High Court, which will be rolled out to the rest of South Africa. Our attorneys are willing and able to institute Action or Motion Proceedings as <br/>well as defend proceedings in the High Court, Magistrate’s Court and Regional Court as well as in Arbitration and Mediation matters. Since December 2013 we have been placed on the panel of Transnet and we represent them in litigation in the High Court, <br/>Magistrate’s Courts, and Regional Courts.<br/><br/> We are also on the panel of the Ernst & Young Consortium in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape attending to litigation on their behalf as part of a special project where they render services to the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in resolving the backlog of the RAF’s claims.<br/> We are on the panel of Medscheme in the Western Cape attending to litigation on their behalf as part of a special project where they render services to the Road Accident Fund in resolving the backlog of the RAF’s claims.<br/><br/> <h2>Conveyancing</h2><br/> We attend to general conveyancing for numerous clients including transfers and various applications in the Deeds Office. We currently attend to bond registrations and bond cancellations on behalf of the major financial institutions. We have developed a <br/>high level of proficiency in this department and are regularly within the top-performing firms on the banks’ panel of firms.<br/><br/> Since December 2014 we have been placed on the panel of Transnet and have been attending to various property transactions on their behalf.<br/><br/> <h2>Construction and Consumer Law</h2><br/> This firm has been on the supplier database of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) since October 2013 and in that time has been involved in litigation in the Western Cape High Court on behalf of the NHBRC. We are currently involved in <br/>disputes involving Administrative decisions made by the NHBRC and the defense of the same in the High Court.<br/><br/> We have an excellent working knowledge of the Housing Consumer’s Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 (as amended) Act and Regulations thereto as well as the applicability thereof to home builders and consumers affected by the Housing Consumer’s Protection Measures Act.<br/><br/>