04 · Hearings
Independent hearings, the DRC and the CCMA.
If the chair is also the accuser, the hearing is already weak. We sit independently, run a proper process, and stay with the matter at a Dispute Resolution Centre or the CCMA.
Most awards are lost on procedure, not on the facts. No notice. No chance to answer. A sanction that arrived before the evidence. That is avoidable.
Send the date, the charge, and whatever file you have. We will say if you are ready to sit — and what is missing if you are not.
- Chair the hearing Misconduct or incapacity. On site. Minutes, finding, and sanction recorded so they can travel.
- Prepare the bundle Contracts, warnings, timesheets, statements. Paginated. The version everyone in the room is looking at.
- DRC and bargaining councils Some sectors go to a Dispute Resolution Centre first. We say which door it is, and we appear.
- CCMA Conciliation and arbitration. We appear with you, not instead of preparing you.
- Union matters that become disputes Wage talks that fail still need a file. We take that file to the next room.
- When not to proceed Sometimes the honest advice is to settle, or to stop. We will say that before you spend the day.