Mmamphiwa Phihlela Attorneys is a professional legal services law firm which is governed in terms of the provisions of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (“the Act).The firm is a small law firm which was established in January 2021. Our firm is 100% black-owned and therefore is well-positioned to provide professional legal services in line with the government mandate to grow black businesses. The firm was established in order to provide professional legal services to the vast majority of clients who requires legal services in various aspects of laws, specifically, in the area of general litigation. Although the firm is small, however, the firm has experts who specialises in various areas of law which is considered as scarce skills and sought after professional services. The firm’s focus areas include the following: (1) Road Accident Fund claims, Debt collection, Medical negligence, Family law, Bail applications & Criminal matters and Wills & administration of deceased estates.

The ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (the Fund), a juristic person established in terms of Section 2 of the Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1996, as amended, the successor-in-law to the MULTILATERAL MOTOR VEHICLE provisions of the Agreement Establishing a Multilateral Motor Vehicle Fund read with Section 2 of the Multilateral Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund Act, Act No. 93 of 1989. The fund has been established to, inter alia, compensate the victims of the road accidents in our country.

 

If you or any of your family member(s) or extended family member(s) has been involved or died in a motor vehicle collision, either as a driver, passenger or pedestrian which was caused by another driver or motor vehicle known or unknown, you have a possible claim against the RAF for the injuries sustained. If your family member was killed in a motor vehicle collision which was caused by another driver or vehicle negligence, the family or the descendants of the deceased will be entitled to claim for loss of support against the Road Accident Fund.

Our dedicated team of lawyers will be able to assist with your claim against the Road Accident Fund:

  • That you are not to be blamed for the accident or the sole person to be blamed and the collision was caused by someone else negligence;
  • That you have sustained a “serious injury” as a result of the collision;
  • That you have suffered past loss of earnings and will in future suffer loss of earnings.

 

Debt Collection is when an attorney; a person who acts as his/her agent as appointed; or a registered debt collector collects, on behalf of the client, the capital amount plus lawful interest and the debt collector’s fee on your behalf from your debtor. Areas of Debt Collection covered are:

  • Debt Review
  • General Debt Collection
  • Consent to Judgment Applications
  • Section 65 Applications

Family law is part of the private law, which concerns itself with those legal rules in South Africa, which pertain to family relationships.

Areas of Family Law covered are:

  • Maintenance Applications
  • Contact and access applications pertaining to children
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Divorce Law
  • Parenting Plans
  • Divorce Law
  • Domestic Violence Interdicts
  • Surrogacy Applications
  • Child Abuse Cases
  • Rule 43 applications

The above is not a close list of the services which our firm will provide. We are also available to provide legal advice as well as to litigate in the following areas of law:

  • Medical negligence claims;
  • Bail applications;
  • Criminal law; and
  • Wills & administration of deceased estates.

 

Our firm recognize the need which these fields play in the growth of the firm and its importance in the society.