BACKGROUND

Albert Punch Sibongile Nxumalo was admitted to the degree of Baccalaureus Legum with Honours (LLB, Hons) from the University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria in 1997. He conducted his research for his Honours thesis in the area of medical negligence.

In 1999, he obtained a Barrister-at-Law (BL) certificate from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja. He was admitted the same year as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and has also been a member of the Nigerian Bar since then.

He was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 2003 and joined the Johannesburg Bar in 2006. He was awarded a post-graduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting (DLD) from Vista University, Port Elizabeth in 2003.

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Civil and Criminal Litigation, Motion Court Practice, Labour Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Public Finance Management Law, Parliamentary Law, Commissions of Inquiry, Legislative Drafting, Legal Opinions and Research, Private International Law.

RECENT PRACTICE HISTORY

Matters and opinions include: Motion Court and Labour Law, participating in the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry, drafting bills, Delictual Litigation especially Medical Negligence and Action Iniuriarum Claims, Constitutional and Public Finance Management Law, Compliance and Procurement.

Nxumalo is also an executive member of Advocates for Transformation (AFT 2007 - 2008) Gauteng, a member of the 2008/2009 Bar Council and serves in the Library Committee and Professional Committees.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

In 1999, Nxumalo practiced briefly with Kayode Ogunjobi & Company, a Lagos based Commercial Law firm. Between 2000 and 2003 he was engaged at the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature as Senior Legal Advisor and Head of Legal Services. In 2004 he moved to Cape Town to work as Senior State Law Advisor in the Western Cape Provincial Administration, Department of Transport and Public Works; from where he resigned to join the Johannesburg Bar. In 2005 he served in the Khampepe Commission as a Legal Officer. Nxumalo has been engaged in disciplinary inquiries as Presiding Officer as well a Legal Representative.

CONTACT DETAILS

cell: 082 089 8412
fax: (086) 655 3283
e-mail: apsnxumalo@gmail.com

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