Authentic Professional
With a basic career grounding in litigation and commercial law, David has over 38 years practice experience, 25 of which has been as specialist property lawyer and conveyancer.
His style of practice is frank and honest. To-the-point assessments, advice and opinions are his trade mark. Helping people solve problems is part of what he enjoys about being a lawyer. He is particularly good at mediating disputes, where his knowledge of the law, communication skills and sound practical advice combine to good effect.
David enjoys adventure and has been retained on interesting assignments in remote places like Mozambique, Seychelles and Madagascar.
Fighting for client causes is another of David’s attributes. This arises from his understanding that law is not static, but is in fact a constantly changing body of rules tracking behind the trends of human conduct.
A classic example is what he did in the early 1990’s. After handling a very difficult access/custody case, David founded TUFF (The Unmarried Fathers Fight) and successfully campaigned for the overhaul of SA law on the subject of father’s rights to their children. These efforts hastened new legislation entitled “The fathers of children born out of wedlock Act” which eventually became incorporated into The Childcare Act as is stands today.
David has a broad spectrum of interests outside the office. First he is a semi–professional woodworker, with an active workshop at home.
He is also an avid fisherman – being active both at rock & surf, as well as with fly and lure.
In contrast, he was a competitive athlete in his earlier days, with a 2hr 36 minute standard marathon and 6hr 59 min comrades to his credit. And just to demonstrate his diversity, David was an active private pilot for 20 years, completing not one but 2 PPL flying courses in that time.
He also keeps a selection of bonsai and enjoys flowers and gardening.
He is very comfortable with technology and is happy to communicate via email, telephonically or in personal consultation. He looks forward to being in touch.
Completing the authentic professional, is David’s command of the spoken word. He has a rare turn of phrase and expression while his writing is more compact and easy to understand than is normal in lawyers.
Robyn Horne
Senior Paralegal
A senior Paralegal /Professional Assistant with more than 25 years’ experience in Conveyancing. She has over the years developed a distinctive style of intense personal interaction with the parties in a conveyancing transaction – from point of sale through to the registration of transfer, you will always know what is happening in your matter.
Robyn is a particularly kind and gentle person with a knack of making the client feel special. Her work ethic is exceptional. Robyn is the busiest person you will find.
She has worked in association with David for a large part of her career. They make an awesome conveyancing team.