Lara Sneddon

Lara joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2023. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Law in 2020, and thereafter with a Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude in 2022, from the University of Cape Town.

• Lara assists with various court-related matters (in both regional and superior courts) such as: issuing, serving, and filing of documents; upliftment of court files; indexing and paginating court bundles and preparing same for set down; issuing of orders and warrants of execution; written and verbal correspondence with clients, court registrars, sheriffs, the Masters Office, and opposing and correspondent attorneys; drafting of various notices and pleadings; preparation of briefs to counsel; appearances in regional courts; due diligence investigations and drafting of reports; attendances at consultations with client and/or counsel, as well as pre-arbitration conferences, and court hearings and arbitrations; urgent applications; and conducting legal research and drafting both internal and external memoranda.