CRIMINAL LAW

Defence Attorney for all criminal charges

Domestic Violence

Forensic Investigation work for Individuals

Forensic Investigation work for Corporates

Sexual Offences

White Collar Crime

Child Justice

Restorative Justice

Expungements

Witnesses

SA Victims Charter

Trafficking in persons

Protection from Harassment

bAIL APPLICATIONS

The process of applying for bail can often be an intimidating and overwhelming experience. Bearing in mind that there are different forms of bail application depending on the charge.
Pottas Attorneys is well versed in this sphere of law and is available to offer expert legal assistance at any time day or night.
Contact us at any time for bail applications (including after hours).

cIVIL LAW

General Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Estates

Insolvency

Succession

Trust and Wills

Mediation

Divorces

FAMILY LAW

Family Advocate

Maintenance

Children’s Act

Vulnerable Groups

Guardian’s Fund

Older Persons

Mediation

Protection Orders

Protection from Harassment in terms of the Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 (Act 17 of 2011)
Harassment under the Act includes both direct and indirect conduct that either causes harm or that inspires the person complaining of harassment to reasonably believe that harm may be caused for example following, watching, pursuing or accosting someone.
Harassment also includes contact through verbal communication.
The Act also recognises electronic communication that causes harm or makes the person feel in danger of being harmed as harassment.
The Act mentions several forms of written communication as capable of being contact for the purposes of harassment, such as letters, packages and e-mails.
It also includes sexual harassment, which means “any unwelcome sexual attention from a person who knows or who reasonably knows that such attention is unwelcome”.
Such sexual attention includes unwelcome behaviour, suggestions, messages or remarks of a sexual nature that have the effect of “offending, intimidating or humiliating” the person.

Protection Order in terms of the Domestic Violence Act No. 116 of 1998; According to the Domestic Violence Act, domestic violence is described as; - any form of abuse which includes physical, sexual, emotional, psychological or economic harassment - damage to property - stalking - entry into a person's property without their consent - any other abusive or controlling behaviour where such a conduct causes harm or may cause harm to your health, safety, or well being.
A domestic violence protection order is a document issued by the court which prevents the abuser from:
- committing an act of domestic violence
- enlisting the help of another person to commit any such act
- entering a residence shared by the complainant and the respondent
- entering a specified part of such a shared residence
- entering the complainant’s residence
- entering the complainant’s place of employment
- preventing the complainant who ordinarily lives or lived in a shared residence from entering or remaining in the shared residence or a specified part of the shared residence or
- committing any other act as specified in the protection order.
We understand that applying for a protection order is stressful and overwhelming to deal with.
We offer expert advice, for any and all assistance with this process. Should you have a protection order launched against you and you wish to fight it or have it set aside, we urge you to contact us in order to assist.

Maintenance matters

“Maintenance is the obligation to provide another person, for example, a minor, with housing, food, clothing, education and medical care, or with the means that are necessary for providing the person with these essentials.

This legal duty to maintain is called ‘the duty to maintain’ or ‘the duty to support'”.

One is entitled to claim reasonable support that is necessary for providing the child or person who has a right to maintenance with a proper living and upbringing.

There is also the option of attending to vary a current maintenance order.

Our firm will assist in;

Advising you of the documents required and providing the form which needs to be completed;

Attending at court to issue the maintenance application

Attending at court to obtain the required maintenance order; or

Assist with fighting a maintenance order which has been sought against you;

Attend to varying a current maintenance order.

Contracts

Pottas Attorneys have extensive experience in drafting and negotiating a broad-spectrum of both civil and commercial contracts, including but not limited to:

Sale of Business Agreements

Buy and Sell Agreement

Lease Agreements

Terms and conditions of sale and purchase

Joint ventures

Supply

Service Level agreements

Share Buyback agreements

Separation Agreements

Etc.

Wills & Trusts

In South African Law a person can die testate, intestate, or partially testate and intestate. The latter occurs where there is a will but it does not dispose of the entire estate, in which case the remaining assets are disposed of in terms of the law of succession.

In South Africa the freedom of testation principle is paramount, although it can be limited by legislation such as the Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act of 1990.

Contact us in order to explain and assist with any matters concerning wills and testaments including drafting and assisting with the enforcement thereof.