Mr Martin Hayward is a Director at Le Roux & Du Plessis Attorneys and heads up its Family Law Department. As Head of Family Law Department, Martin regularly deals with complex divorce cases involving maintenance, domestic violence, custody, interpretation of complex remuneration schemes, finding hidden assets, and delivering cash to allow clean-break settlements. Martin has more than 22 years’ experience in litigation and has written numerous Law Articles and opinions in various magazines, newspapers and journals.
Martin is a highly experienced litigation lawyer, having qualified as an Attorney and with the right of appearance in the High Court of South Africa. Martin obtained his B Proc degree from the University of Port Elizabeth in 1995 where after he served as a Public Prosecutor.
Martin then established his own law firm, Martin Hayward Attorneys, in 1999 where after he joined Mr Louis Shapiro and practiced under Shapiro & Shapiro Inc. (later Shapiro & Ledwaba Inc.) until 2018 where he specialised in Family Law as well as High Court and Magistrate Court litigation.
Qualifications:
B.Proc (UPE)
Admission:
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Right of Appearance in the High Court of South Africa
Membership:
Legal Practice Council (previously Law Society of the Northern Province)
Pretoria Attorney Association
Johannesburg Attorney Association