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 On 3 May 2012, the 11th Annual Oliver Empowerment Awards took place at Emperor’s Palace. Adams & Adams has in the past years been awarded the title of “most empowered” in different categories. |
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 So, the April edition of Without Prejudice is aimed at the prospective candidate attorney and what he or she must do or know to be prepared for articles. The long and short of this is that no matter how much information “those in the know” may try to impart on you, the necessary attitude, skills and know-how that you will need only becomes apparent once you are a clerk! However, before you panic, there are a few core principles that any candidate attorney could bear in mind to make the scary leap from student to clerk a bit easier. It is easy ladies and gentlemen, just know your ABC’s! |
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 Adams & Adams Attorneys donated toys, books, clothing, a TV and other goodies to the less fortunate grade R pupils of Vuka'Uzenzele Primary School recently. |
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The merger of the intellectual property practices of Adams and Adams and Bowman Gilfillan has created the largest intellectual property firm in the southern hemisphere. |
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 Adams & Adams has been protecting the fruits of their clients’ creativity in the form of trade marks, copyright, designs, and patents for over 100 years. |
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The ACG comprises lawyers who are admitted in South Africa, England, Wales, Portugal and New York State and have an excellent knowledge of the laws of these jurisdictions. |
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 Adams & Adams’ Partner, Mariette du Plessis - a finalist in 2011 Topco Awards, applauds the Award organizers and this year’s winners for keeping the important issue of gender empowerment at the forefront of the South African business agenda. |
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 The opening ceremony of the 2011 Rugby World Cup kicked off on 9 September 2011 but, unbeknown to event organisers, criminals were also preparing for action. On 18 August 2011, the South African Revenue Services seized 66 000 counterfeit rugby jerseys with an estimated street value of R43-million. |
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South Africa celebrates 24 September each year as National Heritage Day. South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions on this day. It also colloquially often referred to as "National Braai Day". |
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 Adams & Adams is proud to announce that three new partners have been promoted from its own professional staff with effect from 1 September 2011. We take this opportunity to congratulate them and wish them ongoing success in their careers with the firm. |
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 Adams & Adams will be closed on 9 August 201, a South African holiday. |
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 In the face of stif competition, Adams and Adams has once again, for the second year running, been voted the law firm in South Africa offering the best law graduate programme in a recent survey completed by graduates. |
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During 2006, Adams & Adams identified that their use of paper and paper files, and manual labour intensive procedures were being challenged by the ever-evolving post Y2K business world. The firm’s in-house IT professionals were charged with sourcing a document and collaboration system to improve the manner in which the firm would manage documents and ensure a saving in time and money. |
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 Adams & Adams has recently added a number of awards to its already impressive hoard of accolades. These include the InterContinental Finance Magazine Legal Award for the Law Firm of the Year in the Life Sciences category; the South African Patent & Trade Mark Law Firm of the Year in the DealMakers Global 2011 Awards; The Lawyers World Law Awards 2011; the Top Gender Empowered Company in the Professional Support Services category in the Top Women in Business and Government Awards; also judged as one of South Africa’s top empowered companies by the Impumelelo Research Department, in conjunction with the University of Cape Town, and adjudicated by Topco Media; and was judged a Finalist in the prestigious Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards. |
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Law firm Adams & Adams is delighted and proud to reveal that we have recently been verified as a level 4 Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment concern by the verification agency, National Empowerment Rating Agency (NERA). |
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
