The partners of the firm and their personal details are as follows:-

Ruven Kaplan

Admitted to practice 1961; Notary Public; Sworn Appraiser; Previously Chairman of Income Tax Special Court; Property expert with extensive private property holdings.

Expertise:-

Income tax; Property valuations; Property and commercial matters; Family law; Finance.

Derek Raymond Blumberg

Admitted to practice 1975; Previously Chairman of Income Tax Special Court; Qualified Conveyancer; Property expert with extensive private property holdings.

Expertise:-

Income Tax; Conveyancing; Commercial matters; Property Law; High Court litigation; Family Law.

Grant Day Howard

Admitted to practice June 1999.

Qualified Conveyancer; Commercial matters; Labour Law.

Traci Lee Bannister

Admitted to practice February 1994.

Family Law; High Court litigation.

David Graham Nezar

Admitted to practice February 2002.

Magistrate's and High Court litigation; Commercial matters.


We are all ably assisted by two attorneys who are both admitted conveyancers and Notary Publics. Olubukola Olowookorun is responsible for Magistrate's Court Litigation and Dubennette Moolman is part of our conveyancing team.

We have  a large and competent Conveyancing Department built up over many years of practice and experience.  Apart from three administration clerks, we have fourteen paralegals in our Conveyancing Department, all of whom are suitably qualified and experienced to deal with property transfers, bonds and related matters.

Our firm has considerable experience in Labour Law and related matters and we are able to offer expert advice and assistance in this regard.  We work closely with People Incorporated, a company geared toward assisting industry and trade unions in embracing the challenges of employment equity legislation. The Managing Director, Peter Williams, is also a qualified attorney and a consultant to the firm. Desireah Howard, a qualified attorney and labour law specialist, has also recently been appointed as a consultant to the firm.