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Tanita van der Merwe

Tanita van der Merwe

Junior Associate, Ellis Shilengudwa Inc.
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Windhoek
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Tanita van der Merwe is an Associate at ESI.  She has practised as an attorney for two years and has experience in a broad range of civil, labour and delictual matters. She currently  focuses on Magistrates’ Court and High Court litigation in respect of civil matters.

Experience has included advising:

  • Clients in the lower courts and High Court in respect of collections, matrimonial matters, contractual, commercial and delictual litigation matters
  • On non-litigious matters such as conciliations, arbitrations, wage negotiations, chairing of disciplinary hearings
  • And successfully instituting or defending matters in the High Court of Namibia

Education

  • North-West University (South Africa): LLB (2016)
  • Tanita completed her articles with the Justice Training Centre during 2017 and was admitted to the High Court of Namibia during 2019  

Experience

  • Associate: ESI, Windhoek, Namibia (2020 - present)
  • Labour Consultant at a Namibian based firm(2019 - 2020)
  • Associate: Namibian based law firm (2019)
  • Candidate Attorney:  Namibian based law firm (2017 - 2018)

Memberships

  • Member of Legal Education and Professional Development Committee (2020)
  • Member of Candidate Legal Practitioners Committee (2020)
  • Member of the Child, Gender & Family Law and Human Rights Committee (2020)