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Onah Attorneys Inc • Johannesburg
Contract Drafting Attorneys – Agreements That Survive Contact With Reality
Every dispute we litigate started as a contract someone didn’t read, didn’t understand, or didn’t have. Our commercial team drafts and reviews the agreements your business runs on — service agreements, supply contracts, leases, NDAs, shareholder and partnership agreements — in plain language that courts enforce and counterparties actually sign. Prevention here is 10x cheaper than the cure downstairs in litigation.
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Service level and supply agreements for your business
Reviewing contracts before you sign them
Shareholders’ and partnership agreements
NDAs and confidentiality frameworks
Independent contractor vs employment structuring
Commercial lease drafting and negotiation
Breach — enforcing or lawfully exiting a contract
Standard terms & conditions and CPA compliance
How we handle your matter
Deal capture
We interrogate the commercial deal first — obligations, payment triggers, exit doors, risk allocation — because a contract is the deal, written down properly.
Drafting
Tight definitions, clear breach and remedy clauses, realistic dispute resolution, and no borrowed boilerplate that contradicts itself.
Negotiation
We mark up and negotiate counterparty versions, flagging every risk shift in a one-page summary you can act on.
Execution hygiene
Signature authority, suretyships, initialled annexures and counterparts done right — enforceability lives in these details.
Lifecycle support
Renewals, amendments, breach notices and cancellations handled on the contract’s own machinery — the way it was designed to work.
Fees — transparent, agreed upfront
Standard agreements are fixed-fee; bespoke commercial drafting is quoted on scope. Contract review is priced per document with 48-hour turnaround for standard agreements.
Key legislation:
- Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008
- Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981
- Conventional Penalties Act 15 of 1962
Frequently asked questions
Is a verbal agreement binding in South Africa?
Mostly yes — but proving its terms is the war. Certain contracts (property sales, suretyships, ANCs) must be written by law. If it matters, write it down.
What makes a contract invalid?
Lack of consensus, incapacity, illegality, impossibility, or missing prescribed formalities. More common in practice: valid contracts with unenforceable individual clauses — penalty overreach, unreasonable restraints, CPA-offending terms.
What should I check before signing a contract?
The obligations and payment triggers, termination and renewal mechanics, breach consequences, liability caps and indemnities, restraint clauses, and dispute forum. We review most commercial contracts within 48 hours.
What happens if the other party breaches?
The contract’s breach clause governs first: notice periods, remedy windows, cancellation rights. Remedies include specific performance, cancellation and damages — chosen strategically, not emotionally.
Do my business T&Cs need CPA compliance?
If you sell to consumers, yes — plain language requirements, prohibited terms, cooling-off rights and Section 49 notice rules for risk clauses. Non-compliant T&Cs are unenforceable where it hurts most.
Are restraints of trade enforceable?
Yes, if reasonable — protecting a genuine proprietary interest (client connections, trade secrets) for a sensible duration and area. Blanket restraints that merely suppress competition get struck down.
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