Full Names

VANESSA GRAHAM

Professional Designation

Attorney

Gender

F

Race

White

Province

Free State

Biography

• Matriculated at Hugenote Girls School in 1995.
• Studied MBChB at University of the Free State in 1996.
• Studied B Proc at University of the Free State from 1997-2001.
• Articled at Rosendorff Reitz Barry Attorneys in Bloemfontein from April 2000- May 2002.
• Professional Assistant at Henry Gouws Attorneys in Bloemfontein from May 2002-October 2003.
• Professional Assistant at Krohn Incorporated in Bloemfontein from November 2003- January 2010.
• Admitted as Attorney on 23 May 2002 in the Free State High Court.
• Admitted as Conveyancer on 17 November 2005 in the Free State High Court and Admitted as Notary in the Free State High Court on 20 July 2023.
• Magistrate Court Committee member of the Law Society of the Free State Province from 2009 to 2020.
• Disciplinary Committee member of the Law Society of the Free State Province from 2015 tot 2020.
• Free State Magistrates Court Representative of the Law Society of South Africa from 2009-2021.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Minister of Justice for the Appointment of Sheriffs in the Free state Region from 2019 to current.
• Member of Advisory Committee at School for Legal Practice, Bloemfontein from 2023 to current.

Areas of practice:

• Immovable property, Consolidations, Subdivisions, Sectional Title Registration, Township development and registration, Ante-nuptial agreements and Notarial practice, Advise on property disposal and acquisition agreements, Drafting wills and trusts, Custody, Divorce, Maintenance, Domestic Partnerships, Change of Matrimonial Property Regimes, Rehabilitations, Liquidations, Sequestrations, Opinions on merits, quantum and repudiations on Insurance Law, Corporate Structures, Commercial Drafting, Furnishing Commercial Legal Opinions on various aspects, Negotiating and drafting of agreements, Repossessions and evictions, Conducting of trials in High Court and Magistrate Courts.
• I Have knowledge and experience in terms of Section 7(2)( e) of the Legal Practice Act 2014 in the following:
• The Provision of legal services
• The principles if promoting access to justice
• Legal Education and training seeing that I am Member of Advisory Committee at School for Legal Practice in Bloemfontein
• Consumer affairs- it is important to protect clients by informing them about their rights and responsibilities.

I have a gained a broad knowledge of all aspects of criminal and civil proceedings and the functioning of the courts and tribunals over a period of 22 years.
I have a broad knowledge of the maintenance of professional standard of persons who provide legal services; and I am well acquainted in the handling of all forms of complaints.
I have a broad knowledge of competition law.