ABOUT Joel & co Advocates
Overview
Joel & Co Advocates is a firm licensed to practice law in the United Republic of Tanzania. It is a registered firm with certificate of registration number 178237 dated 27th March 2008. Joel & Co Advocates, is a highly specialized law firm operating from Inter House, Bagamoyo Rd, Plot No 47, Block 45C, (Opposite Millennium Towers) Makumbusho - Kijitonyama, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The firm is under the Management of Advocate Joel Laurent, Managing Partner, who has over seventeen years’ experience of legal profession and Advocate Heri Zuku, Partner, who has immense experience in running the law firm. The day-to-day activities of the firm are executed by the assistance of Advocate, Advera Nsiima, Associate Partner, assisted by Advocate Tumaini Eliamini Mgonja , Advocate Athanas Alphonce Luhoyo, Advocate Idd Yasin and legal officers Gureni Mapande and Florence Mamkwe. The firm Business Development Officer is Mr. Christopher John responsible for developing and leading all business development efforts for the firm. Mr. Christopher John is also leading the debt collection department of the firm. In running the debt collection department, Mr Christopher John is assisted by six external consultants
Our Approach
Our approach in delivery of the assignment can best be illustrated in what our firm has been doing in the course of serving her clients. This experience is a mirror to what our firm intends to do to a client who elects to employ our services. For convenience, our approach in delivery is demonstration into two groups, namely, contentious assignments and non -contentious assignments.
Contentious Assignments
Our firm has successfully represented a number of clients in courts of law, in land tribunals and in quasi-judicial bodies. Our success is not a mere coincidence but rather a result of quality and committed way of service delivery approach demonstrated hereunder:
- For successful court representation, our team ensures that all legal documents necessary for presenting our clients’ cases are properly and correctly prepared and submitted. These legal documents includes: Quality plaints, written statement of defence, chamber applications (chamber summons and affidavits), counter affidavits, applications (for land matters which are before the Land Tribunals), memorandum of appeal and record of appeal and any other document necessary for prosecuting/defending our clients cases.
- Our team understands that mere preparation of quality documents is not sufficient to win a case. Therefore on top of the above, our team has been professionally attending cases in courts/tribunals/quasi-judicial bodies, as scheduled without fail.
- Our attendance in court is always preceded by adequate preparations which include proper legal research of applicable law of authorities including textbooks and case law that support our client’s case.
- Above all, when the case comes for hearing our team ensures that preparation is sufficiently done to both our team and to our client’s intended witnesses.
Non Contentious Assignments
Our firm has successfully represented a number of clients in courts of law, in land tribunals and in quasi-judicial bodies. Our success is not a mere coincidence but rather a result of quality and committed way of service delivery approach demonstrated hereunder:
- Our firm serves individuals and small to mid-size businesses, including Micro –finance institutions, as well as large businesses and banks, providing transactional and litigation services to a wide range of clients in a number of different industries.
- Our team has been involved in professional training, we strive to help clients achieve knowledge objectives through up to date highly interactive training methods that utilises latest industry trends.
- Our team has been involved in contract drafting and review. To ensure that our clients earn a fair play from a contract, our team has been working hand in hand with our clients to ensure that the interest of our clients is best represented and protected in the term and or condition of a contract.
- Our staff possesses sufficient skills in contracts Management and negotiations. In the course of delivery, our team ensures that every negotiation is preceded by legal research in the topic under negotiation.