THE TEAM
Daryl Francois
BA LLB LLM (LON) (Partner) Attorney
High Court and Magistrate’s Court Civil and Criminal Litigation, Arbitrations, Commercial and Contractual Law, Building Disputes, Divorce (Family Law).
BA LLB (University of KZN)
LLM (Masters of Law) (University of London)
Appointed Arbitrator
Has experience as a Prosecutor and Magistrate
Has practiced as an admitted Attorney since 1986 specialising in Litigation, Commercial Law and Arbitrations.
Currently a Director of 4 (Four) Companies (including a listed Company) and a Trustee of 8 (Eight) Trading Trusts.
Represents Numerous National Companies and listed Companies.
Kim Lambrechts
Litigation, Deceased Estates, Family Law, Personal Injury, Road Accident Funds Claims
LLB (UNISA)
Kim graduated from the University of South Africa in 2005 and was admitted as an attorney in 2007.
Kim has been practicing at Francois Medalie & Co since 2007.
She deals with and specialises in Deceased Estates, Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Road Accident Fund Claims and general litigation in the High and Magistrates Courts.
Bridget Kerr (Consultant)
Municipal matters
BProc UNISA
With many years of experience in a municipal environment, I have gained a wealth of institutional knowledge. This has enabled me to maintain and establish extensive networks with various Departments and officials within the eThekwini Municipal system, with whom I have an excellent wdrking relationship. I have also worked with built environment professionals such as Town Planners, Architects, Land Surveyors and Engineers; as well as with Attorneys and Advocates. Consequently, I am able to provide professional services to clients in the following areas:
(a) Preparation of motivations for Special Consent Applications;
(b) Preparation of applications for the Removal of Restrictive conditions in title;
(c) Preparation of motivations for Rezoning applications;
(d) Preparation of motivations for Subdivisional applications;
(e) Preparation and presentation of Appeals to Appeal bodies;
(f) Provide Town Planning advice relating to development and Land Use; all in terms of both the previous and present Town Planning legislation;
(g) Preparation and motivation of objections to the above applications.
(h) General enquiries relating to municipal matters.
Geraldine Rosemary Kaye
Conveyancing and litigation
LLB (UKZN)
LLM (Maritime Law)(UKZN)
Notary Public
Rooksana (Sue) Dawray
Deceased Estates
Administration of Trusts
Paralegal.
Rooksana (Sue) Dawray has been with Francois Medalie and Company since 2010 and has 11 years of Deceased Estates experience and administers our entire Estates Department.
She is an expert in winding up Deceased Estates and also has knowledge on Administration of Trusts i.e., preparing all ancillary documents relating to the formation of Trusts and various amendments to existing Trusts, lodging with Master and obtaining the Letters of Authority.
Samantha Hiralall
Debt Collection.
Samantha began work in the Legal Field as a Legal Secretary in 2008.
She has gained many years of experience in Litigation, Deceased Estates, Divorces, Road Accident Fund matters, Wills and Collections.
She is currently managing our Collection Department wherein she specializes in Arrear Rental Collection, Body Corporate Levy Collection as well as Movable and Immovable Sales in Execution.
Chris Cloete
General legal work including Civil litigation in the High and Magistrates Courts. Debt and Rental collections.
B.PROC (UPE)
I have been practicing as an attorney since 1985. During this time I have dealt with a wide range of legal matters including Civil litigation which advanced through to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.