Legislative Drafting is the highly specialised skill of formulating clear, unambiguous, and legally effective text for statutes, regulations, rules, and by-laws. The quality of legislation directly impacts its enforceability and the effectiveness of governance. Our practice offers expert drafting services to government departments, municipalities, public entities, and private institutions seeking to establish internal policies or influence legal standards.

Our drafters combine deep legal knowledge with precision and clarity, ensuring that new laws are constitutionally compliant, technically sound, and achieve their intended policy objectives without creating unintended legal consequences. We are adept at managing the entire legislative process, from policy instruction to final gazetting and public consultation.

Key areas of our Legislative Drafting expertise include:

• 🔹 Statute and Bill Drafting: Formulating principal legislation (Acts of Parliament) and draft Bills for consideration by the National or Provincial Legislatures.
• 🔹 Regulations and Subordinate Legislation: Drafting detailed regulations, rules, and schedules that give practical effect to the provisions of a parent Act, ensuring clear delegation of powers.
• 🔹 Municipal By-Laws: Developing and standardising municipal by-laws to be constitutionally valid, administratively enforceable, and relevant to local government needs.
• 🔹 Policy and Legal Review: Reviewing existing legislation or proposed policy documents for constitutional compliance, administrative fairness (PAJA), and consistency with other laws.
• 🔹 Internal Corporate Instruments: Drafting internal corporate rules, codes of conduct, charters, and delegation frameworks for public and private entities.