Profile
Tumelo Francis Matlakala is an admitted attorney with the right of appearance in the High Court of South Africa. He was admitted as an attorney in 2011 and has practised ever since.
He worked for a well-known law firm, where he gained skills, experience and expertise across many aspects of law. While there he acted for the Road Accident Fund as its attorney of record on its panel of attorneys, and through this work developed extensive knowledge of medical law, civil litigation, drafting legal opinions, drafting contracts and labour law.
Areas of practice
- Litigation
- Due diligence investigations
- Labour law and employee relations
- General legal research and opinion
- Managing and overseeing the litigation process
- Civil litigation
- Drafting of legal opinions
- Administration of deceased estates
- Contracts
- Commercial law
- Personal injury claims
- Business rescue proceedings
- Debt collection
- Public and administrative law
- Municipal by-laws
Experience
Sekati Monyane Attorneys: Attorney
Tumelo started his career at Sekati Monyane Attorneys as a candidate attorney and rose through the ranks from junior attorney to associate.
- Legal representation and advice to clients and legal counsel
- Research and investigation on matters
- Drafting of revisions and amendments
- Drafting of legal opinions and recommendations
TF Matlakala Inc Attorneys: Principal Director
Providing direction to practice development and legal advice on the issues in dispute, including ensuring validity and legal compliance across all aspects of law, in:
- Commercial transactions and structuring
- Drafting of laws and regulations sections for companies' stakeholders and risk factors, and company MOUs
- Chairing disciplinary hearings for senior executives and employees
- Investigations into the illegal selling of RDP houses and municipal land
- Unfair dismissal of a senior SANDF employee
- Eviction of illegal activities and occupation on municipal land
- Rescission of judgment against a municipality
- Legal opinion and advice on the outcomes of an investigation into the illegal selling of land
- Legal advice on setting aside a panel of service providers