People

Lavery Modise

Deputy Chairperson

E-mail laverymodise@eversheds.co.za
Tel: 011 523 6011
International: +27 11 523 6011

Practice areas

Employment
Entertainment
General litigation
Labour
Media
Sports

Languages

English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Setswana, Southern Sotho, Sepedi and Xhosa

Practice notes

Lavery heads up the firm’s employment law practice. He is one of the top labour lawyers in the country, who has represented trade unions and several large employers. As a litigation attorney, he has represented clients in all our courts up to the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court. He acts as arbitrator and mediator in labour related matters and has also acted as a judge of the Labour Court from time to time.

Lavery has advised a number of prominent companies and boards such as SARS, SABC, Multichoice, Nozala Investments, Nersa, Department of Science and Technology  CIDA City Campus, University of Johannesburg, Eastern Cape Gambling Board, Gauteng Tourism Authority and the National Prosecution Authority on executive employee exits.

He has chaired various disciplinary enquiries relating to misconduct committed by senior management at entities such as the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, Department of Labour, Department of Home Affairs, Wits University, Mbombela Municipality and the Limpopo Provincial Transport Department.

At present he is the chairperson of the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council. He also serves as board member of the Gauteng Gambling Board and is a member of the South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW).

Lavery has a monthly employment law column in the Sowetan and has written articles for Business Law & Tax Review and other publications. He has been featured in Financial Mail’s Little Black Book every year since 2005.