MRS N C CHIBA
Experience & Expertise

Mrs. N C Chiba over the past twenty-six years in practice has gained wide exposure to a number of aspects of law. She has practiced in the following fields of law:

1. HIGH COURT AND MAGISTRATE’S COURT LITIGATION

• drafting and issuing of summons

  
  

• default judgment

  
  

• warrant of execution

  
  

• trial matters

  
  

• unopposed and opposed motions

  
  

• drafting of pleadings from inception to trial

  
  

• section 65 proceedings

  
  

• letter of demand

  
  

• settlement negotiations and agreements

  
  

• bills of cost 

  
  

• taxations of bills of costs in Magistrate’s and High Court

  
  

• collections

  
  

• PIE evictions

  
  

• acknowledgment of debt

  
  

• rescissions of judgment

  
  

• interdicts

  
  

• declaratory orders

  
  

• urgent matters

  
  

• High Court Applications

  
  

• Debt review applications

  
  

• Plea & Counterclaim

  
  

• Town Planning and Building Contraventions

• Spoliations

• Electricity disconnections

  
  

• Section 118 Municipal Systems Act interpretation

  
  

• Appeals 

  
  

• Reviews 

  
  

• Environmental Conservation

  
  

• Constitutional Interpretation

  
  

• Workshop presentation

  2. INSOLVENCY LAW

• applications for sequestration

  
  

• applications for liquidation

  
  

• applications for rehabilitation

  
  

   3. CRIMINAL LAW

• plea of not guilty as well as guilty

  
  

• bail applications

  
  

• trials (various charges, up to and including murder)

  
  

• appeals

  
  

• mitigation of sentence

  
  

• watching brief on behalf of the complainant

   4.LABOUR LAW

• disciplinary hearings 

  
  

• CCMA proceedings 

  
  

• Conciliation & Arbitration proceedings in various Bargaining Councils

  
  

• arbitration 

  
  

• conciliation

  
  

• settlement agreements

  
  

• employment contracts

  
  

• union negotiations

  
  

• Labour Court reviews

  
  

• Analysis of employment contracts

  
  

• Applications for rescission of CCMA awards

  
  

Our offices have assisted several clients with regard to labour related matters. We have rendered advice with regard to disciplinary hearings and have assisted clients in advising them of the manner in which to attend to their disciplinary hearings. We have also assisted clients in claiming monies due to them from their employers and have been successful in this regard. We have had experience with conciliation and arbitration hearings at the CCMA as well as review proceedings in the Labour Court, and rescissions of default awards both in the CCMA and the Bargaining Council. To date, no client has terminated our mandate in respect of any matter. 

  5. FAMILY LAW

• divorce proceedings

  
  

• maintenance enquiries

  
  

• settlement agreements

  
  

• custody and access

  
  

• wills

  
  

• protection orders

  
  

• interim relief 

  
  

• rescission of divorce orders

  
  

• protection of rights of children

  
  

• ante nuptial agreements

  
  

   6.  DRAFTING OF LEGAL OPINIONS AND CONTRACTS

• counsel 

  
  

• client

  
  

• corporate entities

  
  

• general advices

  
  

• drafting of commercial contracts 

  
  

  7. URGENT MATTERS

• High Court urgent matters

  
  

• Magistrates Court urgent matters

  
  

Mrs. Chiba focuses on all aspects of litigation having due regard for the stringent time limits involved therein. Being the sole proprietor she ensures compliance with these time limits which our firm believes to be of the utmost importance in rendering to our clients the standard of performance due to them. Mrs. Chiba shows due diligence, concern and co-operation with the particular dilemma a client finds themselves involved in. 

She has been in charge of litigation portfolios in excess of 1000 files all involving procedures from the issue of summons to the trial stage as well as the steps in execution after trial. Mrs. Chiba has furthermore had extensive experience in litigation based on matters emanating from the banking industry. During her employ with the previous firm she dealt only with matters relating to the banking industry and obtained great success in the department, with the rate of success going from 10% to almost 95 %. Accordingly the firm’s portfolio with Standard Bank was extended to include numerous other departments. She has also dealt with the resolution of disputes pertaining to housing and has gained extensive experience in the domestic violence sector of law.