Belinda Scriba

Director

Belinda Scriba is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice. She is a member of our Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency sector. Her extensive experience includes litigation and arbitration (international and local) in the areas of insolvency and business rescue, corporate and commercial contractual disputes, Companies Act disputes, maritime, and international trade. She has more recently trained and qualified as a mediator.

 

Belinda Scriba

About Belinda

About Belinda

Belinda completed her articles in 2004 and thereafter went to England for two years, predominantly to travel. In England Belinda worked as a corporate private mergers and acquisitions professional support paralegal at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She joined Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala as an Associate in April 2007 and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2012. Belinda was appointed as a Director in 2017.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • BCom Law, LLB, University of Stellenbosch
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2004

  • Mediation in Motion, University of Cape Town: 2020

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Membership

  • Mediation in Motion

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Belinda

Belinda completed her articles in 2004 and thereafter went to England for two years, predominantly to travel. In England Belinda worked as a corporate private mergers and acquisitions professional support paralegal at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She joined Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala as an Associate in April 2007 and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2012. Belinda was appointed as a Director in 2017.

Credentials

Education

  • BCom Law, LLB, University of Stellenbosch
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2004

  • Mediation in Motion, University of Cape Town: 2020

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Membership

  • Mediation in Motion

Languages

  • English

News

Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others: An exercise in discretion
Dispute Resolution

Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others: An exercise in discretion

Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others 1 All SA 626 (SCA) was an appeal before the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) following the dismissal by the court a quo of the...

Seeds of opportunity: Exploring cannabis and hemp cultivation laws in South Africa and beyond
Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing

Seeds of opportunity: Exploring cannabis and hemp cultivation laws in South Africa and beyond

In 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa decriminalised the private use and cultivation of cannabis for personal consumption in the renowned judgment of Minister of Justice...

Unilateral decisions by business rescue practitioners: A make or break in the termination of business rescue proceedings
Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency

Unilateral decisions by business rescue practitioners: A make or break in the termination of business rescue proceedings

Monyela N.O and Others v Tayob N.O and Others (2023/117272) ZAGPPHC 86 (2 February 2024 ) involved an application for leave to appeal a judgment granted in theurgentcourt.  

When does the proverbial clock begin to tick under section 7(1) of PAJA?
Dispute Resolution

When does the proverbial clock begin to tick under section 7(1) of PAJA?

A ruling was made by the Constitutional Court at the end of last year in Sasol Chevron Holdings Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services ZACC30, confirming that...

Aggrieved by the decision of the Master of the High Court? Remedies should be considered carefully
Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency

Aggrieved by the decision of the Master of the High Court? Remedies should be considered carefully

What happens when the Master of the High Court (Master) accepts or rejects a creditor’s claim in liquidation proceedings and the affected person wishes to challenge the decision?

Market recognition

Belinda was listed in the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Africa 2023.

Market recognition

Belinda was listed in the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Africa 2023.