Graham Taylor has been in practice for the past 30yrs. This firm was established 20years ago and has grown from strength to strength.
We will supply efficient top quality personal legal services. Our business has been established on developing personal relationships with our clients based on trust, integrity and quality legal services.
Legal Service Overview
Commercial
We advise on all legal aspects relating to general commercial negotiations, transactions and agreements, commercial and residential leases, subleases and cessions, employment/confidentiality contracts, deeds of suretyship and guarantees, sponsorship agreements, franchise contracts, agency and distribution contracts and credit application documents incorporating extensive terms and conditions of contract.
Property
We establish and advise on the development of sectional title schemes, including purchase agreements in respect of vacant land, formation of shareblock companies, drawing of shareblock sale agreements and attending to the transferring of shares and controlling of funds, drawing sectional unit sale agreements, opening of sectional title registers and establishing body corporates, preparing and registering property transfers and mortgage bonds and negotiating, advising and preparing of building contracts.
Litigation
We prosecute and defend Magistrate and supreme Court actions and applications and appear at arbitrations and before administrative tribunals.
Business Ventures
We advise and attend negotiations and prepare agreements in respect of the sale of businesses, and advise on all aspects of establishing a new business and preparing the necessary documentation.
Debt collection
We advise on the establishment of effective credit control systems and the implementation thereof and prosecuting Magistrate and Supreme court actions for the recovery of overdue accounts.
Industrial Relations
We advise on all aspects of labour law and industrial relations and do representations at Industrial Courts and at labour negotiations.
Personal and family law
We advise on, drawing and registration of Antenuptial Contracts and Post Nuptial Contracts, advising and drawing if wills, will trusts and inter vivos trusts, prosecuting and defending divorce actions, and advising and appearing, where necessary, in paternity, custody and maintenance disputes.
Trade Marks and Patents
We conduct searches of the register of trade marks and attending to the registration thereof, advising on issues to Intellectual Property Law i.e. trade marks, logos and copyright and negotiating, drawing and registration of a wide range of Intellectual Property Agreements.
Franchising
We advise on all aspects of franchising and drawing of franchise agreements.
Companies and close Corporations
We do company name reservations, drawing of memorandum and articles of association and registration thereof, advising on and preparing shareholders and trust agreements, close corporation name reservations, preparation and lodgement of CK documents and advising on and preparation of members association agreements.
Criminal Law
We conduct bail applications, defence of accused persons in District, Regional and Supreme Court, and appeals and petitions in respect of judgments and sentences.
Deceased Estates
We administer deceased estates and trusts.
Insolvency and Liquidations
We advise on all aspects of the laws of insolvency and liquidations, applications for sequestration of an individual's estate and the winding up of companies and close corporations, informal distribution schemes, and informal and formal offers of compromise.