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BA, LLB (Rhodes) LLM Electronic Law (UCT)
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Paul Esselaar
Paul Esselaar completed his BA, LLB at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1997. Thereafter he attended the School for Legal Practice at the University of Cape Town in 2000 and went on to complete his articles at Kessler De Jager Inc. During his articles he focussed on Magistrates and High Court litigation as well as deceased estates amongst other things.
Paul was admitted as an attorney of the High Court in 2001 where after he went back to the University of Cape Town and completed his LLM in Electronic Law and Commercial Law in 2003.
Paul is the head of the Public Voice Portfolio for the Internet Society of South Africa (ISOC-ZA) which recently concluded a very successful iNet conference and his broad background in Electronic Law is ably assisted by a stint at an Online Dispute Resolution company called TrustEnforce as well as his experience as the webmaster for the Trade Law Centre (tralac). He has practiced as an Electronic Law specialist for the Electronic Law Consultancy and also for his own account as part of Esselaar and Associates.
Paul was employed as the Electronic Law Manager for Korbitec (Pty) Ltd - a software company that specialises in producing software for the legal market - from 2005 to 2007. He was responsible for the documentation relating to debt collection and various other aspects of practice management such as FICA compliance within existing software products. He also advised Korbitec and attorneys on the impact of the National Credit Act and his experience in dealing with the National Credit Act also extends to over 30 different presentations on the National Credit Act as part of the publicity campaign organised by Korbitec.
Paul joined Dingley Attorneys in 2008 until early 2011 when he set up his own law firm, Esselaar Attorneys where he now practices.
Paul is currently a Wireless Application Service Providers Association (WASPA) adjudicator and has been admitted as a Notary of the High Court and he also has the right of appearance in the High Court.
Paul was invited to speak at a Debt Counsellors conference in July 2008, has presented to the Cape Law Society on electronic signatures and is quoted on several different articles on the Consumer Protection Act such as, more recently, in the Personal Finance Magazine. Paul has written several articles on the Consumer Protection Act and has presented on the CPA to the Vacation Owners Association of South Africa and several other organisations in 2010-2011. He currently assists and audits organisations to evaluate their businesses in terms of this ground-breaking legislation in order to manage and minimise risk. He was appointed as a member of the Information Communications and Technology committee of the Cape Law Society in 2011.
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Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0)21 481 1835
Fax: +27 865 155 703
Email: paul@ea.law.za
Address: 210 Long Street, Cape Town
GPS Co-ordinates:
S33°92'56.34"
E18°41'53.69"
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BA, LLB (Rhodes) LLM Electronic Law (UCT)
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