Richard Pemberton

Specialist Consultant

richardpemberton@eversheds-sutherand.co.za

+27 31 940 0501

+27 63 6866806

South Africa

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+27 31 940 0501

+27 63 6866806

Practice areas

Employee benefits
Employment law
Employment litigation and dispute resolution
HR Consultancy

Practice notes

Richard heads our labour department at Eversheds Sutherland (KZN) Inc. as a specialist consultant in labour law, industrial relations and alternative dispute resolutions.

Examples of Richards experience include:

– Extensive experience, an excess of thirty years, appearing and presenting cases in labour law tribunals including the now defunct industrial law court, magistrates’ courts, supreme courts, labour courts, labour appeal courts, commission for conciliation, mediation and arbitration, bargaining councils, private arbitrations and various other statutory tribunals.

– Involved in all aspects of labour law involving drafting of employment contracts, collective agreements, policies and procedures, recognition agreements, pleadings, opinions and labour related documents.

– Interaction with unions and employees in wage disputes, labour related issues and giving employers general and specialised advise and strategic guidance in their business in respect of industrial relations.

– Presiding over disciplinary enquiries and labour arbitrations, acting as a mediator in labour disputes and conducting investigations into misconduct and related matters.

Other

– Labour arbitrator and mediator for Tokiso a private dispute settlement organisation.

– Previously a small claims court commissioner (+/- 14 years)

– KwaZulu-Natal law councillor +/- 8 years

– Served as chairman on various boards of diverse organisations

Eversheds Sutherland is the name and brand under which the members of Eversheds Sutherland Limited (Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP) and their respective controlled, managed and affiliated firms and the members of Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited (each an "Eversheds Sutherland Entity" and together the "Eversheds Sutherland Entities") provide legal or other services to clients around the world. Eversheds Sutherland Entities are constituted and regulated in accordance with relevant local regulatory and legal requirements and operate in accordance with their locally registered names. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland, is for description purposes only and does not imply that the Eversheds Sutherland Entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. The responsibility for the provision of services to the client is defined in the terms of engagement between the instructed firm and the client.