PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Neil Kirby

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8198
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8698
Email: nkirby@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Mining, Energy & Natural Resources
Health, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences
Environment

Specialises in:
  • healthcare law
  • constitutional law
  • environmental law
  • consumer protection law

Advises on:
  • administrative law
  • aviation law
  • building & construction law
  • due diligence investigations
  • restitution of land rights and land claims
  • provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
  • compliance with healthcare legislation including the National Health Act and the Medicines & Related Substances Act
  • compliance with the National Environmental Management Act, and in particular implications for the mining industry
  • consumer law, and in particular, the Consumer Protection Act and related legislation

Career:
BA LLB and LLM (Wits)
Certificate in Environmental Law (Wits)

2000: Director, Werksmans
Head of the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences practice area

Highlights:
  • Chair of the Medicine and Law Committee of the International Bar Association
  • Named as a leading lawyer in
    • Healthcare by Best Lawyers International (2008 - 2010)
    • Dispute  Resolution by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008 - 2012)
  • Has published numerous articles in his various fields of speciality
  • Contributing author of "Healthcare in South Africa" 2009 (4th Edition), published by Profile Media
  • Chairperson of Campaigning for Cancer NGO since 2009