Anna-Marie is currently a candidate legal practitioner at ESI. She worked as a conveyancing paralegal at a regional firm in England before gaining experience in Namibia in general litigation, family law, employment law, contracts and debt collecting.
Anna-Marie's experience includes:
- Debt collecting for various major Namibian banks in the Magistrates and High Court
- Case management and general litigation in High Court and Magistrates Court
- Conducting Section 65 financial enquiries in the Magistrates Court
- Divorces, maintenance claims and custody matters
- Entering into negotiations and mediations on behalf of clients
- Conducting research and drafting advisory notes on various contractual and delictual matters
- Assisting clients with sale and lease agreements
- Negotiating and drafting of settlement agreements
- Application and renewal of liquor licences
- Advice and litigation regarding sectional title matters
- Drafting of last will and restaments, acknowledgements of debt and antenuptial contracts (ANCs)
Professional Qualifications
- Certificate in Retail Management (UNISA) (1998)
- Certificate in Social Science (Open University – UK) (2004)
- Conveyancing Paralegal, Ilex UK (Merit Award) (2007)
- Open University UK: LLB (Honours) (2009)
- GVI Thailand: Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (2012)
- University of South Africa (UNISA): LLB (Cum Laude) (2023)