martinb

Profile

Martin was admitted as an Attorney in 1998 and appointed as Director of CK Friedlander Shandling Volks in 2001. He joined STBB as a director when the two firms merged in June 2012. Areas of expertise: Construction disputes; Commercial Litigation; Alternate Dispute Resolution; Insolvency, liquidations and insolvency enquiries; Property, Planning and Sectional Title Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime law. Martin has extensive experience in construction law litigation, including litigating on behalf of contractors, employers, and principal agents arising out of the JBCC Building Agreements, FIDIC agreement and bespoke construction law agreements; advising and appearing in construction law arbitrations and adjudications under the JBCC agreement and FIDIC agreement;Property and planning law disputes including heritage disputes, zoning, departures and title deed restriction disputes;Advising developers regarding planning law, environmental issues; Administrative law, including the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act, Spacial Planning and Land Use Management Act, City of Cape Town Municipal Planning By-Law; Advising and representing municipal entities, including but not limited to advice on the Municipal Finance Management Act and Regulations thereto, the Municipal Asset Transfer Regulations, and the Public Finance Management Act; High Court and Appeal Court litigation; and Arbitrations, both as legal counsel and sitting as arbitrator.