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Lee Swales

Firm:
Thomson Wilks (Durban, La Lucia)
Areas Of Practice:
Banking, Commercial Drafting, Communications and Media, Consumer Law, Contracts, Corporate, Finance (Corporate), Information Technology, Telecommunications
Phone Number:
+27 (0)31 566 6140
Email address:
lee@thomsonwilks.co.za
Position:
Consultant 
Years of Practice:
16
Address:
Park 10, Robert House, 5 Nollsworth Crescent, Nollsworth Park, La Lucia Office Estate, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Region:
Kwazulu Natal / Durban
Area:
Umhlanga / La Lucia
Qualifications:
LLB (UKZN), LLM - regulatory law (Wits), PhD Candidate - electronic commerce (UCT), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). Admitted to practice in 2009.
History:

Lee completed his articles with Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg at the end of 2008 and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court in 2009. Lee specialises in commercial contract drafting, regulatory advice, consumer law, media and telecommunications law and all aspects of information, communication and technology law.  In addition to consulting for Thomson Wilks Inc., Lee also lectures law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he teaches contract law to bachelor’s degree students and advanced contract to master’s degree students.  

From time-to-time, Lee also facilitates lectures for the South African Judicial Education Institute on cyber-crime and electronic evidence; and via the Law Society of South Africa, he lectures candidate attorneys on contract drafting and aspects of consumer protection.

Professional Memberships:

  • Law Society of KwaZulu-Natal, previously – Law Society of the Northern Provinces
  • Member of the e-law committee of the Law Society of South Africa

Publications:

  • Swales L “The regulation of electronic signatures: time for review and amendment” (2015) 15 (2) South African Law Journal 259.
  • Swales L ‘Protection of personal information: South Africa’s answer to the global phenomenon in the context of unsolicited electronic messages (spam)’ (2016) South African Mercantile Law Journal 28(1) 49.
  • Bellengere A and Swales L ‘Can Facebook ever be a substitute for the real thing? A review of CMC Woodworking Machinery (Pty) Ltd v Pieter Odendaal Kitchens 2012 (5) SA 604 (KZD)’ (2016) Stellenbosch Law Review 27(3) 454.

Contributions to the profession:

  • Lecture LEAD courses for candidate attorneys on behalf of the Law Society of South Africa. 
  • Participated in the integration of IT law into the LLB curriculum. 
  • Assisted in the pilot project rolling out advanced electronic signatures to attorneys in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. 
  • Provide assistance to the electronic law committee of the law society of KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Provide ad hoc lecturing on cyber-crime and electronic commerce to the Judicial Education Institute of South Africa.
Languages:
English