PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Dave Loxton

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8449
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8749
Email: dloxton@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Area

Forensics

Specialises in:

  • white collar crime and forensic investigations
  • fraud prevention and detection
  • corporate governance
  • money laundering
  • regulatory compliance
  • employment law

Career:

BCom LLB (UCT)
MBA (UCT)

Started career as state prosecutor in 1981

2009: Director, Werksmans

Head of the Forensics practice area

Highlights:

  • Certified Fraud Examiner with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, United States and South Africa
  • Member of:
    • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, United States of America
    • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, South Africa
  • Regular presenter at national seminars and conferences on white collar crime and corruption and Corporate Compliance

Major Clients & Matters:

  • Involved in numerous investigations into tender and procurement fraud, fraud and corruption, theft and general offences involving dishonesty in both government, parastatal and private sector companies, both in South Africa and abroad
  • Represented employers in ancillary white collar crime issues such as High Court litigation, civil recovery of the proceeds of crime and worked with law enforcement agencies to ensure successful criminal prosecutions
  • Represented employers in arbitration tribunals where employees claim unfair dismissal when they have been dismissed for misconduct related to fraud, corruption and dishonest misconduct
  • Appeared in several groundbreaking cases in employment law
  • Appeared in many reported cases in both the Labour and Labour Appeal Courts
  • Represented Irvin & Johnson in the Constitutional Court in what is one of the leading authorities on applications for recusal of a judge