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EASY, NO-NONSENSE COMPLIANT FEE AGREEMENT
In his Award-winning article, Gert Nel focuses on a number of issues, including the origin of contingency fees, foreign law, incentives for attorneys, the reasonability of fees, and how the fees should be calculated.
IN THE LEAD TO CHAMPION VICTIM RIGHTS
We get involved in proposed legislative changes and setting the standard for exceptional service and results in claims against the Road Accident Fund. We keep the public informed about the RAF.
Always Available With A National Footprint
We have offices in major centres and are happy to travel anywhere in South Africa to meet with our clients. We’ll attend to valid claims within 48 hours. See our gallery of various visits across the country. In addition, you can always get in touch with us via phone, our web site, or social media – and clients can check the status of their claims at any time using our free app.
OPEN & ENGAGING
Personal injury is a traumatic event. The administration involved in making a claim can be daunting for most people, particularly when trying to cope with an injury, or loss of a loved one. At Gert Nel Inc. Attorneys, we’re with you, keeping you updated and informed every step of the way.Our 4.5 Star Google Review rating is testament to that.
We Get Sterling Results
We’ve helped numerous victims to get multi-million Rand payouts even years after their accidents.
Read about some of our settlements in the news stories highlighted.
Mandatory Mediation: An Overreach of Judicial Power
Gert Nel Incorporated asserts that the Directive and Mediation Protocol implemented on 22 April 2025 represents an encroachment into the realm of legislative authority and constitutes an overreach of judicial power.
The Judge President has officially implemented mandatory mediation in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, which blocks access to the courts and removes existing trial dates unless mediation is first attempted.
Gert Nel Incorporated establishes in an urgent application filed with the Constitutional Court that neither section 8(4) of the Superior Courts Act nor section 173 bestows authority on the Judge President of a provincial division of the High Court to compel parties to mediate as a condition for access to courts in all civil actions.
Permitting such an exercise of power would set a dangerous precedent: it would effectively permit Heads of Court to bypass the legislative rule-making process and to unilaterally impose procedural requirements that burden constitutional rights.
Gert Nel Incorporated remains unwavering in our fight for justice – litigants should not be denied their basic Constitutional rights, and we will not stop in our resolve to ensure that justice prevails.
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Gert Nel Inc. in the News
You’ll find us in the press regularly, whether its for achieving excellent results, winning cases or fighting for the rights of the South African public. See what we’ve recently made headlines here.
GERT NEL INCORPORATED V RAF & DEPTARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Gert Nel Incorporated, and in particular our managing partner Mr Gert Nel, in his personal capacity, has fallen victim to a smear campaign orchestrated by the Department of Transport’s Road Accident Fund led by CEO Collins Letsoalo.
Pretoria law firm challenges mandatory mediation directive in Constitutional Court
Written by Zelda Venter | Published on 28 April 2025 | IoL A Pretoria law firm has turned to the Constitutional Court for direct access to the highest court in the country in an urgent bid to overturn a directive introducing mandatory mediation in the Gauteng Division of the High Court. Since last week, the Johannesburg and Pretoria high courts no longer allocate trial dates for civil cases (cases where evidence is being led, such as damages claims). Litigants, who in these cases want a judge to determine their issues, must first prove that they have tried to resolve their issues via mediation. A trial date will be allocated only if mediation does not resolve the issues, and they can prove via a certificate that they did try it. Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo in March issued a draft directive and called for objections from the public, lawyers, and interested
Concerns raised over mandatory mediation for civil trials in South Africa
Written by Zelda Venter | 7 April, 2025 | IOL (Independent Online) A leading Pretoria law firm has expressed its concerns regarding plans that from next week, a system will be introduced that no civil trials may proceed before a judge unless the parties have attempted mediation first. Gauteng High Court Judge President Dunstan Mlambo last month issued a draft directive in which he explained plans in a bid to alleviate the congested civil trial rolls. He called on members of the legal fraternity to submit their comments before the directive came into force. Gert Nel, director of Gert Nel Inc, in a 44-page submission to Judge Mlambo, has expressed various concerns in this regard. He said while mediation can be a valuable tool to enhance access to justice, making it a mandatory gatekeeper to the courts raises serious concerns. The directive, among others, provides that all existing trial dates set down
Open Letter to the South African Public
Gert Nel Incorporated, recently addressed a letter to the management of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to request that they respect the attorney and client relationship between our firm and our clients, to stop their unsolicited messaging of represented claimants. The formal relationship between an attorney and his client starts the day a power of attorney is signed, signifying that the practitioner has taken the responsibility to represent the client, thus arising a contract between the practitioner and client. It is expected from the lawyer to act in the best interest of his client and is generally responsible for deciding on the means to achieve the claimant’s objectives. At the same time, the lawyer has a duty to consult with the client about the decisions and to give adequate information about the risks involved and reasonable available alternative strategies and decisions. Technically, the RAF represents the person who caused harm to the
Lawyer calls for intervention at the RAF
Written by Zelda Venter | Published on 2 February 2025 | IOL The time has come for South Africa’s leadership to take action and restore order and accountability to the Road Accident Fund. Without immediate intervention, the RAF will become yet another failed state-owned entity. This is according to attorney Gert Nel who specialises in RAF matters. Nel expressed his concern about how the fund is being operated. “Fuel levy payers’ money is wasted, real lives and livelihoods are at risk, with road crash victims bearing the brunt of systemic inefficiency and bureaucratic indifference.” He said the RAF is an institution charged with compensating road crash victims, yet it is deliberately distorting its purpose by bypassing legal obligations and operating in blatant defiance of court rulings. He accused the fund’s leadership of evading accountability while systematically denying justice to thousands of vulnerable victims. Nel said the cornerstone of the RAF’s
Expert accuses RAF of misrepresenting itself and its purpose
Written by Ina Opperman | Published on 24 January 2025 | The Citizen An expert attorney says the RAF is not doing its job and changed its purpose, despite parliament and the courts challenging the change. An expert says the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is misrepresenting itself and its purpose to avoid accountability while denying justice to vulnerable victims. However, the RAF says the expert is a former employee who set up his business based on the fund’s “inefficiencies.” Gert Nel from Gert Nel Inc., a law firm specialising in personal injury cases, including claims against the RAF, calls on people to imagine an institution charged with compensating road crash victims that deliberately distorts its purpose by bypassing legal obligations and operating in blatant defiance of court rulings. “This is the reality of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) whose leadership has unlawfully redefined its purpose – a calculated misrepresentation designed
Law firm slammed for allegedly pocketing R2.2 billion from RAF
Written by Kirsten Minnaar | Published on 10 January 2025 | DailyInvestor The CEO of the Road Accident Fund (RAF), Collins Letsoalo, has alleged that the law firm Gert Nel Attorneys has benefited irregularly from medico-legal claims. “Over the past period of five years, Gert Nel Attorneys has been paid over R2.2 billion from the RAF,” Letsoalo said. “For R2 billion, we know that is close to R500 million that he has made. You are not shocked why this man fights so much. He wants to continue.” When asked to break down this R2.2 billion figure, Gert Nel, CEO of Gert Nel Attorneys, told Daily Investor, “We intend to ask the RAF the same question – we do not have the specifics of this figure and hence cannot confirm or deny the correctness thereof.” A recent report by IOL states that the RAF has blocked the disbursement of R65 million