Our Practice Areas
Ante-Nuptial Contracts
The importance of an ante-nuptial contract cannot be over-emphasised. During the consultation with you as a couple, we shall provide you with all the information you need to make an informed decision. Whether you marry in – or out of community of property with our without the accrual system, will also determine the manner in which your marriage is dissolved.
Commercial Law
With 30 years’ experience, we are more than qualified to assist you with the registration of your Company.
Attend to all your commercial litigation.
Consumer pretection law / National Credit Act
As a registered Debt Counsellor, Charles Geel has a special affinity for the consumer and his/her legal rights.
Debt Recovery
We know that clients do not appreciated throwing the proverbial “good money after bad money” and have therefore adopted an approach to the benefit of all parties.
Debt Counceling
What distinguishes us from so many other Debt Counsellors? Charles Geel is a registered Debt Counsellor with the National Credit Regulator (“NCR”) and a practicing attorney with 30 years of experience. He has an impeccable reputation amongst his colleagues and Magistrates as an ethical practitioner. As a great deal of the debt review process requires the interpretation and application of the National Credit Act, court procedures and the Law, his legal expertise provides a unequivocal advantage. Charles Geel also facilitates /”presents” the compulsory NCR courses for prospective Debt Counsellor on behalf of a local Learning Academy and is passionate about protecting the Consumers to the utmost within the boundaries of the Law.
Divorce and Family Law
A divorce can be one of the most emotional and traumatic events in the lives of married parties and their children. We assist a couple to, if possible, reach an amicable settlement to make the process less destructive for all parties, especially where there are children involved. The law of divorce has crystalized by many High Court decisions over the years by which every Court is bound. With a long drawn out contested divorce, emotions are tested to the limit and an enormous amount of money is spent on legal costs which could have been better appropriated to the benefit of the parties and/or their children. We will be sure to explain this to you as our client.
Lease Agreements / Landlord and Tenant
Having attended to numerous evictions and actions on behalf of landlords, we encourage you to make use of our professional services to draft your lease agreement rather than using a standard printed document bought from your nearest bookshop or obtained from the Internet. The Law relating to the eviction of tenants is intricate and should only be entrusted to an attorney with the necessary expertise.
Litigation: High-, and Magistrate’s Court
With 30 years’ experience, we have dealt with just about all possible High- and Magistrate’s Court litigation.
Insolvency law
Insolvency Law forms an integral and important part of our Consumer Law practice as set out above.
Property Law
Charles Geel is admitted by the High Court to practice as a conveyancer and can therefore assist with any of the following:
- The drafting of your sale agreement for the sale of your private or commercial property;
- The registration of transfer of ownership of your property to the seller.
We pride ourselves in providing a professional service to the seller, purchaser and estate agent.
Trusts
Although we are cautious not to create a trust when there is no real need for one, the creation of a family- or business trust still forms a very important part of estate planning.
Wills, Estate Planning and Deceased Estates
Once again, the drafting and planning of your will is certainly one of the most essential actions you can perform during your lifetime. To use a standard form obtained from the Internet or your nearest bookshop, is tantamount to ignorance and negligence, which can have serious detrimental financial implications for your heirs. Dying without a Will can similarly have dire consequences for your heirs and cause huge delays in the finalisation of your estate. We can provide you with a one-stop, comprehensive service to provide you and your family with the necessary peace of mind. We understand that death in a family is a traumatic experience. We undertake to treat the heirs with empathy and to provide an efficient service in wounding up the deceased estate.