Our practices focus on the laws that empower people, protect and promote human rights, and enable a sustainable and resilient future.

PRACTICES.

What we practice.

Constitutional & Administrative Law.

Constitutional and administrative law governs the relationship between the state, the private sector, and the people. The South African and Kenyan Constitutions provide people with fundamental human rights and freedoms that can be enforced both against the state and private parties, and it requires that the exercise of all public power must be lawful, reasonable, and procedurally fair.

Power Law Africa assists clients who seek to hold public or private actors accountable for their actions and decision-making, and those who have been subjected to human rights violations or who seek the full realisation of their human rights and freedoms.
Environmental & Sustainability Law.

The environment is held in public trust for the people. The South African and Kenyan Constitutions and international law ensure that everyone has the right to a clean and healthy environment and the right to have the environment protected for present and future generations. This includes measures to mitigate climate change, prevent pollution, promote conservation, and secure ecologically sustainable development.

Power Law Africa assists clients on matters related to environmental and climate justice, implementing climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience strategies, and securing safe air and water quality.
Equality, Inclusion & Child Law.

Every person has the right to the equal protection and benefit of the law, which includes redressing historic injustice, challenging persistent inequality, and recognising and responding to intersecting forms of discrimination. Equally, the South African and Kenyan Constitutions and international law seek to empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all people, including the best interests of children, to ensure that everyone’s dignity is recognised and respected.

Power Law Africa assists clients seeking to promote equality, inclusion, and the rights of children, and those seeking to challenge discrimination, inequality, and children’s rights violations.
AI, Information Rights & Media Law.

Artificial intelligence (AI), information rights, and media law concerns the protection and promotion of the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information on- and offline, and safeguarding press freedom. This includes matters related to AI governance, data protection, information communications technology, online platforms, sustainable and independent journalism, content moderation, censorship and surveillance, internet intermediaries, and online services.

Power Law Africa assist clients in matters relating to information rights and the promotion of press freedom, including strategic and test case litigation, dispute resolution, representations before regulatory tribunals, regulatory compliance, preparing codes of ethics, vetting, and AI governance frameworks, and preparing submissions on proposed laws and policies.
Competition Law & Social Justice (JHB only).

Competition law seeks to develop the economy, protect consumers, and advance the social and economic welfare of people in South Africa. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has recognised the competition-constitutional law nexus and noted that our constitutional aspirations cannot be realised “in the absence of an inclusive, ethical, truly human rights-oriented and prosperous economy”.

Power Law Africa assists clients who seek to ensure economic and social justice through lodging complaints with, or engaging in market inquiries initiated by, South Africa’s Competition Commission, and assisting with intervention and amicus curiae applications before the Competition Tribunal, Competition Appeal Court, and Constitutional Court.

* This practice area is presently only offered in South Africa.
Public International & Regional Law.

Public international and regional law are the international rules that bind states and ensure universal human rights and coordinated action across borders. These laws set the international and regional standards which governments apply domestically.

Power Law Africa assists clients with developing international and regional law through organs of the African Union, the United Nations, and international courts and tribunals.
Social Enterprise & CSO Law.

Social enterprises and civil society organisations (CSOs) are central to sustainable and resilient development, access to resources, fostering inclusive economies, and holding public and private sector actors accountable. Through innovative business models and purpose-driven entrepreneurship which emphasise both social and economic factors, human rights, and inclusive opportunities, these organisations play a crucial role in promoting a more just and equitable world.

Power Law Africa supports social enterprises and CSOs with establishment, registration, regulatory compliance and governance, and strategic development to ensure their resilience and sustainability and to enhance the impact of their socially-conscious models.