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Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen
Year Of Call : 2009
Areas of practice
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Summary
Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen has been a practising advocate in South Africa since 2002 and has extensive experience in general commercial litigation. The wide variety of matters in which Laura-Anne has been instructed include contractual disputes (including enforcement of restraint of trade clauses, building disputes and claims for breach of contract), insolvency matters (including winding-up of companies, sequestrations and rehabilitations of individuals), company law matters (including personal liability of directors and the re-registration of companies), matters relating to commercial and residential immovable property (including disputes relating to ownership, evictions and applications for the removal of title deed conditions) and various tax-related matters.
Selected South African cases
Academic Background
- B.Sc. - University of Cape Town (1993)
- B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology - University of Cape Town (1994)
- M.Sc. in Zoology - University of Cape Town (1997)
- LL.B - University of Cape Town (2001)
- (Hons) B.Sc. in Psychology - University of South Africa (2005)
- LL.M in Corporate Law - University of South Africa (2007)
Professional Qualifications
- Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and Member of the Cape Bar
- Member of the Bar of England and Wales, Middle Temple
Additional Information
- Advocacy Skills Trainer, Cape Bar, 2006 and 2007
- External Examiner in Civil Procedure and in Legal Practice, University of Cape Town, 2007
