Linda Faurie

I have extensive experience in providing administrative, secretarial and personal assistance in a challenging and time-sensitive workplace, both in the public and private sectors. I am highly organised, efficient and proactive. By utilising my initiative and report writing skills, I deliver high quality work consistently, while meeting deadlines and maintain confidentiality with strict adherence to internal rules and processes.

• Monitoring/printing partner’s work e-mails. 

• Drafting of documents and original correspondence (checked and approved by a Partner/Attorney in team). 

• Assisting with practice administration, i.e. follow up letters regarding outstanding accounts. 

• Assisting with preparations of presentations as and when required. 

• Preparing general correspondence and maintaining the extensions/deadline diary.

• Diarising and attending to diary files. 

• Preparing briefs for Advocates. 

• Assist with matters for trial/hearing when required. 

• Accurately completing discovery, indexing, paginating, and setting matters down. 

• Ensure compliance with deadlines. 

• Ensure court/ registry/ counsel and own hearing files are indexed and paginated and all pleadings complete. 

• Conducting basic trade internet investigations and instructing investigators. 

• Handling client relations. 

• Answering telephone calls and taking detailed messages. 

• Preparing and drafting of schedules, preparing standard letters of demand, agreements/undertakings, objections, cost estimates, etc. 

• Liaising with local sheriffs, from time to time, Judge’s clerks, and Trade Mark Office personnel 

I have a Baccalaureus Artium in Psychology and Baccalaureus Artium Honores specialising in Criminology, both obtained at the University of Pretoria.  I also completed a Lexis Nexis course for Conveyancing Assistants in 2024