Joshua Torpey
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Credentials
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Attorney
Law Society of South AfricaJul, 2017- Oct, 2024
Experience
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NEASA
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South Africa
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Dispute Resolution Specialist
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Jan 2023 - Present
Representing NEASA members at the CCMA or Bargaining Councils, Telephonic and written advice to NEASA members, other functions agreed upon, which relate to NEASA’s services and Constitution, A monthly sales target of 8 new members, or as otherwise determined by the employer from time to time, various administrative tasks including daily reports, weekly and monthly sales reports, marketing NEASA to prospective members, Chairing enquiries, negotiating with trade unions, and consulting with members at their premises. Retrenchments and In Limine proceedings. Show less
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Tax Consulting South Africa
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South Africa
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Tax Attorney
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Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Tax and legal services in the SARS Engagement, Tax and Legal Advisory, and Africa Tax and Legal Divisions of the legal team, including: client engagement, consulting, tracking of leads and active matters, research, written deliverables such as notes, opinions, directive applications, ruling applications, compromise applications, miscellaneous SARS applications and correspondences, agreements, policies and letters, and raising invoices and collection of client payments. Tax and legal services in the SARS Engagement, Tax and Legal Advisory, and Africa Tax and Legal Divisions of the legal team, including: client engagement, consulting, tracking of leads and active matters, research, written deliverables such as notes, opinions, directive applications, ruling applications, compromise applications, miscellaneous SARS applications and correspondences, agreements, policies and letters, and raising invoices and collection of client payments.
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Dispute Resolution Specialist
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Jul 2019 - Sep 2021
Representing NEASA members at the CCMA or Bargaining Councils, Telephonic and written advice to NEASA members, other functions agreed upon, which relate to NEASA’s services and Constitution, A monthly sales target of 8 new members, or as otherwise determined by the employer from time to time, various administrative tasks including daily reports, weekly and monthly sales reports, marketing NEASA to prospective members, Chairing enquiries, negotiating with trade unions, and consulting with members at their premises. Retrenchments and In Limine proceedings. Show less
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In-House Legal Consultant
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Dec 2018 - May 2019
Management and administration of the Consultancy’s in-house legal consulting and research section. Monitoring administrative procedures within the Consultancy. Drafting pleadings, notices and applications (settled by practicing attorney), legal research on environmental law and fuel law related legislation and opinions/memoranda, advising clients, file management and liaison with practicing attorney. Diary management. Attended Public Participation Meetings in terms of NEMA and Community Meetings and Client Meetings. Drafted Minutes of Meeting and Reports on Meetings. All the above being carried-out in a Non-Practicing Attorney role. Show less
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Joubert Attorneys
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South Africa
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate
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Sep 2017 - Nov 2018
Associate related duties. Comply with all instructions from firm owner. The firm specialises in Labour Law. The firm also deals with Litigation matters. Labour law related application drafting and appearances in the CCMA for Conciliation. Legal Research and chairing disciplinary hearing. No appearances for Arbitration or Interlocutory Applications and no appearances in the Labour Court. This was a Practicing Attorney role. Associate related duties. Comply with all instructions from firm owner. The firm specialises in Labour Law. The firm also deals with Litigation matters. Labour law related application drafting and appearances in the CCMA for Conciliation. Legal Research and chairing disciplinary hearing. No appearances for Arbitration or Interlocutory Applications and no appearances in the Labour Court. This was a Practicing Attorney role.
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Clientele Legal
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India
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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External Attorney Portfolio Legal Advisor
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Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Promoted to position one month after being placed in below position. Senior Advisory position akin to a 2IC role (lateral transfer). Appoint attorneys for clients on matters in terms of agreed SLA’s, and attend to every civil procedural aspect of matters, and deal with client complaints directly. Deal with enquiries from other Legal Advisors for referring matters for cover to our Department, as well as providing general guidance to Legal Advisors. Assisting management team on various Department related tasks where need be. Maintaining and monitoring legal expenses in the Company in line with SLA. Dealt with Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law and Consumer Law related matters. All the above being carried-out in a Non-Practicing Attorney role, and prior to admission as an Attorney. Show less
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Legal Advisor (Senior Team)
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Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
Maintained Top Advisor status for two months. Continually attended to over 270 claims, when target was set at 180 claims. Duties as per Entry Level Team Role, except that in this position, there is little to no supervision from management, and I attended to these claims solely by myself. Addressed client complaints, and referred high-level complaints to management, if need be. Highly pressurised environment. Promoted to this position within 3rd month of being in company as I was over performing (as advised by my Supervisor). Dealt with Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law and Consumer Law related matters. All the above being carried-out in a Non-Practicing Attorney role, and prior to admission as an Attorney. Show less
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Legal Advisor (Junior Team)
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Assist policyholders with general legal advice on Civil, Criminal and Labour Law matters. One of the top three Legal Advisors in the first month at the company. Attended to 220 claims or more on a consistent basis. This when my target was only 100-120 claims. Drafted various legal documents for Policyholders including Letters of Demand on various aspects, Notice of Intention to Defend and various other legal documents. Assisted in detailed telephonic legal advice, together with client correspondence, and noting and collating client complaints for remedial action and resolution. Dealt with Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law and Consumer Law related matters. All the above being carried-out in a Non-Practicing Attorney role, and prior to admission as an Attorney. Show less
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Fluxmans Attorneys
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South Africa
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Candidate Attorney
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Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
Assisted Principal and my Principal’s Co-Director in the exercise and maintenance of their practices. Exposed to fields such as Property Law and Commercial Law and Commercial Drafting; and General Litigation (Insurance, Insolvency/Business Rescue, Mining/Environmental, Labour and Commercial) with my Principal’s Co-Director. I was involved in assisting in drafting applications in the High Court and Magistrate’s Court, as well as private Arbitrations. I assisted in appearing in unopposed Magistrate’s Court interlocutory applications. Show less
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Cellucity
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South Africa
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Casual Sales Consultant
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Jun 2012 - Feb 2014
Face to face customer sales role. Retail environment. Top-selling sales consultant in the Cellucity franchise, even though it was a part-time job. Highest GP of all Sales Consultants. Sold new cellphones, sold accessories and performed upgrades and new contracts. Also performed Porting requests. General stocktaking, daily cash up and banking, and provided technical assistance to customers in time of need. This was a role undertaken during the academic recess of my LLB. I was the first Casual Sales Consultant in the Vodacom network provided with his own login code to perform contracts, upgrades, and do deals, and earn commission. Casual Sales Consultants are usually only paid a basic salary. Cleaning store. Show less
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Student Assistant
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Mar 2013 - Dec 2013
Proof-read articles for publication in the South African Journal of Human Rights. Checked referencing in Articles, and corrected grammar errors in articles for publication. Proof-read articles for publication in the South African Journal of Human Rights. Checked referencing in Articles, and corrected grammar errors in articles for publication.
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Mahons Attorneys
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South Africa
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vacation Work Intern
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Jul 2013 - Jul 2013
Job shadowed within the Labour Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, ICT Law and Litigation Departments. Performed Moot Court Topic on Competition Law, with no previous exposure to same before Senior Directors, Senior Counsel and HR. Attended court visits to Johannesburg High Court and Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Job shadowed within the Labour Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, ICT Law and Litigation Departments. Performed Moot Court Topic on Competition Law, with no previous exposure to same before Senior Directors, Senior Counsel and HR. Attended court visits to Johannesburg High Court and Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.
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Vodacom 4U
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South Africa
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Casual Sales Consultant
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Nov 2010 - May 2012
Face to face customer sales role. Retail environment. Sold new cellphones, sold accessories and assisted with Upgrades. Daily cash up and banking and provided technical assistance to customers in time of need. This was a role undertaken during the academic recess of my LLB. I was the first Casual Sales Consultant in this franchise to be awarded his own login code to sell products, although was not allowed to earn commission on same, I was only paid a daily salary for each day worked. Cleaning store. Show less
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Sandton Public Library
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United States
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Government Administration
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Community Service Volunteer
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Sep 2008 - Oct 2008
Assisted Library Manager with alphabetizing and chronicling all books in the library. Cleaning all books in the Library. Assisted Library Manager with alphabetizing and chronicling all books in the library. Cleaning all books in the Library.
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GRD Minproc
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Job Shadowing Intern
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Apr 2008 - Apr 2008
Job-Shadowed all Departments including Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering. I also job shadowed the document control department and the draftsmen department. I also learned to operate schematic drawings on Prokon. Job-Shadowed all Departments including Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering. I also job shadowed the document control department and the draftsmen department. I also learned to operate schematic drawings on Prokon.
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Education
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2018 - 2018
Law Society of South Africa
PMT (Practice Management Training), Practicing Attorney -
2010 - 2013
University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Law -
2005 - 2009
CrawfordSchools South Africa
NSC (National Senior Certificate), High School
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