Typical work includes:

• Issuing and defending summons and applications in civil disputes (for example, enforcing a contract or claiming damages).
• Conducting trials, motion proceedings, and interlocutor applications (such as urgent interdicts).
• Appealing or reviewing decisions from lower courts where a client’s rights may have been infringed.

Common examples:

• A business suing a supplier in the High Court for breach of a large supply agreement.
• An individual defending a claim for damages in the Magistrates’ Court after a motor vehicle accident.
• An urgent application to stop unlawful eviction or to restore access to property.