Family & Divorce
Law Specialist
You likely found your way to this website because you are navigating a challenging and painful legal battle and looking for someone who will truly listen and fight for your cause.
Family & Divorce
Law Specialist
You likely found your way to this website because you are navigating a challenging and painful legal battle and looking for someone who will truly listen and fight for your cause.
About Me
Get to Know Your Advocate
High stakes of family law
Dealing with a family law dispute, such as divorce or child custody, can be extremely overwhelming. Your whole life may feel like it’s at stake. The complicated procedures and unfamiliar terminology of the court system can make the process seem daunting, and you might feel discouraged before you even begin.
Expert Guidance, Empathy and Compassion
As a seasoned legal practitioner, I’ll guide you through the battlefield with expertise, care and understanding. My goal is to bring peace and closure to this painful chapter of your life.
Proven experience
With 18 years of experience:
Personal experience
Having personally navigated the challenges of divorce myself, I intimately understand the emotional toll and exhaustion that comes with it. I know firsthand how draining the process can be. Choosing a legal representative who can minimise conflict and emotional distress while ensuring fairness, equity and legality is important. We aim to achieve resolutions for family law disputes that:
- Fearlessly protect our client’s rights and interest;
- Prioritize the best interest of children;
- Encourage constructive co-parenting (if applicable);
- Considers the long-term implications and stability;
- Expedite finalisation of the matters;
- We make sure to keep our clients informed about estimated costs as we progress to avoid any unexpected large bills that clients have not budgeted for.
What is a Trust Account Advocate?
Advocates are legal specialists who focus on litigation, primarily presenting their clients’ cases in higher courts like the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. Advocates who specialize in Family Law also often appear in lower courts such as Children’s Court, Domestic Violence Court, and Maintenance Court.
There’s a lot of work involved before a case makes it to the courtroom. Advocates need to consult with clients, conduct thorough legal research, draft complex legal documents, consider evidence, and prepare for the hearings.
Before 2018 all advocates were referral advocates. What this meant is that they could only receive work from attorneys. Attorneys consulted with the members of the public and then referred the clients to a specific advocate at his/her discretion.
The Legal Practice Act transformed the legal profession and created a new type of legal practitioner, a trust account advocate as provided for in Section 34 (2) (a) (ii) of the Act.
Members of the public can now directly approach trust account advocates without needing an attorney to act as a middleman. This new approach is aimed at providing the public with the freedom to choose their legal representative and could potentially help save on legal fees by eliminating the need to pay for two lawyers to attend to one matter.
Advocates are legal specialists who focus on litigation, primarily presenting their clients’ cases in higher courts like the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. Advocates who specialize in Family Law also often appear in lower courts such as Children’s Court, Domestic Violence Court, and Maintenance Court.
There’s a lot of work involved before a case makes it to the courtroom. Advocates need to consult with clients, conduct thorough legal research, draft complex legal documents, consider evidence, and prepare for the hearings.
Before 2018 all advocates were referral advocates. What this meant is that they could only receive work from attorneys. Attorneys consulted with the members of the public and then referred the clients to a specific advocate at his/her discretion.
The Legal Practice Act transformed the legal profession and created a new type of legal practitioner, a trust account advocate as provided for in Section 34 (2) (a) (ii) of the Act.
Members of the public can now directly approach trust account advocates without needing an attorney to act as a middleman. This new approach is aimed at providing the public with the freedom to choose their legal representative and could potentially help save on legal fees by eliminating the need to pay for two lawyers to attend to one matter.
Services
Consultation Process
WHERE IS THE PRACTICE LOCATED?
I provide legal services to clients across South Africa, with consulting offices in Pretoria and Hartbeespoort. My focus is on the Gauteng and North-West regions, and I frequently appear in the High Courts of Gauteng and the High Court of Mmabatho. Please note that while I can accommodate clients nationwide, travel and correspondent costs may apply for cases outside of my primary areas of operation
REFERRAL BRIEF POLICY
I have recently made the decision to expand my legal practice to accommodate instructions from the public.
However, I wish to reassure the attorneys with whom I have cultivated positive working relationships over the years that I remain open to accepting referral work. My objective is to consistently deliver exceptional service to all clients, whether they are referred by attorneys or approached me directly. It is important to note that if I accept a referral brief from an attorney, I adhere to the principle of professional integrity by not allowing the client to transition to a direct brief.
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Contact Details
Phone Numbers
+27 71 346 5764
admin@advmhennig.co.za
Address
114A Scott Street, Schoemansville, Hartbeespoort, 0216
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