Melanie Murcott

Firm:

Lawtons Africa

Areas Of Practice:

Administrative Law, Climate Change & Carbon Trading , Constitutional, Environmental Law

Phone Number:

+27 (0)11 286 6900

Cell Number:

+27 11 286 6900

Email address:

melanie.murcott@lawtonsafrica.com

Position:

Director

LPC Number:

24415

Address:

140 West Street, Sandton

Region:

Gauteng / Johannesburg

Area:

Sandton

Postal Address:

P O Box 78333, Sandton City, 2196

Qualifications:

• LLD Constitutional Law - North-West University
• LLM Admin & Constitutional Law (with distinction) - University of Pretoria
• Cert Environmental & Sustainable Development Law (with distinction) - Nelson Mandela Institute, Wits School of Law
• Cert Adv Administrative Law (with distinction) - Nelson Mandela Institute, Wits School of Law
• LLB (cum laude) - University of Cape Town

History:

Melanie is skilled in the areas of environmental law, administrative law, and constitutional law.

She is the Chairperson and an Executive Committee Member of the Environmental Law Association of SA, as well as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law where she lectures Environmental Law, Pollution Law, and Natural Resources Law and conducts research on climate change law and governance issues, including the just transition.

Languages:

Afrikaans, English

Attorney Profile last updated: 13 March 2026