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Claudia Moser

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Claudia Moser is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice. She has experience in construction, administrative and public Law, mining law, evictions, business rescue and insolvency, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution infrastructure.

+27(0)21 481 6336
claudia.moser@cdhlegal.comCape Town
Claudia Moser

About Claudia

Claudia joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2021. She completed her practical vocational training contract whilst serving in CDH's Dispute Resolution and Corporate & Commercial (Private Equity) Practice.

She was appointed as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice in 2023 and admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in the same year.  

Areas of expertise

Dispute ResolutionCorporate Debt, Turnaround & RestructuringConstruction & Engineering

Experience

  • Advise and assist clients with registering criminal cases as well as fulfilling their reporting obligations in terms of section 34 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act No 12 of 2004.

  • Advising the National Health Laboratory Services in dispute resolution matters.

  • Assists with a number of Review Applications on behalf of both South African corporates as well as Parastatals/State Owned Entities.

  • Extensive experience in the institution of both residential and commercial evictions proceedings.

  • Represented Insurer in subrogated third party recovery claim following fire event at the Mitchells Plain hospital.

  • Represented leading Norway-based global independent solar energy provider in disputes involving the contractor and sub-contractors in a Solar PV project.

  • Experience in acting for and advising mining houses in South Africa in commercial litigation.

  • Experience in advising shareholders in shareholder disputes and valuation of shares.

Recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 recommended Claudia for construction.

Credentials

Education

  • BA (English Language and Literature, and History), University of Cape Town

  • LLB (cum laude), University of Cape Town

  • Year of Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa: February 2023

LANGUAGES

  • English

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Are you on the right track? When fast track turns into a slow track in construction contracts
Dispute Resolution

Are you on the right track? When fast track turns into a slow track in construction contracts

Many construction contracts include provision for fast-track procedures so that certain types of disputes can be determined under a faster and more cost-effective procedure than a...
No more free pass: Electronic service to hold foreign peregrini accountable
Dispute Resolution

No more free pass: Electronic service to hold foreign peregrini accountable

The common law position on the establishment of jurisdiction when dealing with a foreign peregrinus (a party that is not resident or domiciled in South Africa) was recently developed...
“Calderbank offers” and their costs implications
Dispute Resolution

“Calderbank offers” and their costs implications

Without prejudice offers and tenders form an integral part of our litigation processes. Done correctly, they can leverage an early settlement and save parties significant inconvenience...
Provisional sentence proceedings: A special procedure that can be used to immediately enforce a foreign judgment
Dispute Resolution

Provisional sentence proceedings: A special procedure that can be used to immediately enforce a foreign judgment

International contracts are contracts concluded between two parties situated in different countries. A jurisdictional clause in an international contract typically states which country’s...
To institute or not to institute liquidation proceedings (that is the question)
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

To institute or not to institute liquidation proceedings (that is the question)

It is a well-established principle in our law that insolvency/liquidation proceedings are not meant to be used for the recovery of a debt – the courts regard this as an abuse of (legal)...
Appealing or Rescinding? That is the question when dealing with judgments granted against a person without their knowledge
Dispute Resolution

Appealing or Rescinding? That is the question when dealing with judgments granted against a person without their knowledge

The Uniform Rules of Court direct that any document initiating legal proceedings must be served by the Sheriff of the High Court on a defendant/respondent. The purpose of this rule...
Ignore sequestration proceedings at your peril
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Ignore sequestration proceedings at your peril

Parties who agree to be personally liable for a debt, for example by way of signing a suretyship or a guarantee, should take heed of the potentially dire consequences for them if they...
What’s in a name? The status of Tax Courts as courts of law
Tax & Exchange Control

What’s in a name? The status of Tax Courts as courts of law

The South African legal system is host to a number of quasi-judicial decision-making bodies which, while having the power to make decisions which are authoritative and may be binding...
Business rescue with an ulterior purpose

Business rescue with an ulterior purpose

A financially distressed company facing a liquidation application may be tempted to try and avoid or delay the inevitable by launching a business rescue application in order to suspend...
Pipped at the post? (the pitfall of instituting a claim in the wrong forum and how this relates to the relevant arbitration clause and underlying agreement)
Dispute Resolution

Pipped at the post? (the pitfall of instituting a claim in the wrong forum and how this relates to the relevant arbitration clause and underlying agreement)

As a result of court backlogs and delays, and the public nature of court hearings, it has become common place for commercial contracts to include an arbitration clause. Arbitrations...
Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?

Insolvency enquiries envisioned under section 417 and 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (Act) are convened either by the court or the Master of the High Court (Master). Typically,...
Payment on demand? A consideration of on demand guarantees
Dispute Resolution

Payment on demand? A consideration of on demand guarantees

It is common for a performance guarantee from a financial institution to be provided by a contractor to its employer in a construction project. It is also common for such guarantees...
To sue, or not to sue? A discussion on agreements not to sue
Dispute Resolution

To sue, or not to sue? A discussion on agreements not to sue

Parties sometimes include a clause in their agreements to the effect that they are not entitled to sue one another (what is known as a pactum de non petendo ) ( pactum ). The question...
Recent High Court judgment on duties of collective investment scheme managers in implementing redemptions
Corporate & Commercial Law

Recent High Court judgment on duties of collective investment scheme managers in implementing redemptions

The judgment handed down by the Gauteng High Court in Living Hands (Pty) Ltd N.O. and Others / Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers Ltd ZAGPJHC 456 has a notable impact on the asset management...
A foreigner to litigation? Attaching property of a foreign entity to secure payment of an amount due
Dispute Resolution

A foreigner to litigation? Attaching property of a foreign entity to secure payment of an amount due

An important consideration for South African companies and individuals (local entity) when transacting with a foreign company or individual (foreign entity), is whether the local entity...

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Are you on the right track? When fast track turns into a slow track in construction contracts
Dispute Resolution

Are you on the right track? When fast track turns into a slow track in construction contracts

Many construction contracts include provision for fast-track procedures so that certain types of disputes can be determined under a faster and more cost-effective procedure than a...
No more free pass: Electronic service to hold foreign peregrini accountable
Dispute Resolution

No more free pass: Electronic service to hold foreign peregrini accountable

The common law position on the establishment of jurisdiction when dealing with a foreign peregrinus (a party that is not resident or domiciled in South Africa) was recently developed...
“Calderbank offers” and their costs implications
Dispute Resolution

“Calderbank offers” and their costs implications

Without prejudice offers and tenders form an integral part of our litigation processes. Done correctly, they can leverage an early settlement and save parties significant inconvenience...
Provisional sentence proceedings: A special procedure that can be used to immediately enforce a foreign judgment
Dispute Resolution

Provisional sentence proceedings: A special procedure that can be used to immediately enforce a foreign judgment

International contracts are contracts concluded between two parties situated in different countries. A jurisdictional clause in an international contract typically states which country’s...
To institute or not to institute liquidation proceedings (that is the question)
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

To institute or not to institute liquidation proceedings (that is the question)

It is a well-established principle in our law that insolvency/liquidation proceedings are not meant to be used for the recovery of a debt – the courts regard this as an abuse of (legal)...
Appealing or Rescinding? That is the question when dealing with judgments granted against a person without their knowledge
Dispute Resolution

Appealing or Rescinding? That is the question when dealing with judgments granted against a person without their knowledge

The Uniform Rules of Court direct that any document initiating legal proceedings must be served by the Sheriff of the High Court on a defendant/respondent. The purpose of this rule...
Ignore sequestration proceedings at your peril
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Ignore sequestration proceedings at your peril

Parties who agree to be personally liable for a debt, for example by way of signing a suretyship or a guarantee, should take heed of the potentially dire consequences for them if they...
What’s in a name? The status of Tax Courts as courts of law
Tax & Exchange Control

What’s in a name? The status of Tax Courts as courts of law

The South African legal system is host to a number of quasi-judicial decision-making bodies which, while having the power to make decisions which are authoritative and may be binding...
Business rescue with an ulterior purpose

Business rescue with an ulterior purpose

A financially distressed company facing a liquidation application may be tempted to try and avoid or delay the inevitable by launching a business rescue application in order to suspend...
Pipped at the post? (the pitfall of instituting a claim in the wrong forum and how this relates to the relevant arbitration clause and underlying agreement)
Dispute Resolution

Pipped at the post? (the pitfall of instituting a claim in the wrong forum and how this relates to the relevant arbitration clause and underlying agreement)

As a result of court backlogs and delays, and the public nature of court hearings, it has become common place for commercial contracts to include an arbitration clause. Arbitrations...
Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?

Insolvency enquiries envisioned under section 417 and 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (Act) are convened either by the court or the Master of the High Court (Master). Typically,...
Payment on demand? A consideration of on demand guarantees
Dispute Resolution

Payment on demand? A consideration of on demand guarantees

It is common for a performance guarantee from a financial institution to be provided by a contractor to its employer in a construction project. It is also common for such guarantees...
To sue, or not to sue? A discussion on agreements not to sue
Dispute Resolution

To sue, or not to sue? A discussion on agreements not to sue

Parties sometimes include a clause in their agreements to the effect that they are not entitled to sue one another (what is known as a pactum de non petendo ) ( pactum ). The question...
Recent High Court judgment on duties of collective investment scheme managers in implementing redemptions
Corporate & Commercial Law

Recent High Court judgment on duties of collective investment scheme managers in implementing redemptions

The judgment handed down by the Gauteng High Court in Living Hands (Pty) Ltd N.O. and Others / Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers Ltd ZAGPJHC 456 has a notable impact on the asset management...
A foreigner to litigation? Attaching property of a foreign entity to secure payment of an amount due
Dispute Resolution

A foreigner to litigation? Attaching property of a foreign entity to secure payment of an amount due

An important consideration for South African companies and individuals (local entity) when transacting with a foreign company or individual (foreign entity), is whether the local entity...

All articles by Claudia

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