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)