The principal objective of the Adriaan S Meyer Investigation Management and Pre- & Post_Litigation Intermediary Consultancy is to assist and support – within the boundaries of the SA Constitution, parliamentary legislation and State-driven regulation – citizens of South Africa with the personal management and administration of unaffordable, seemingly unsolvable litigation-related problems, crises and disputes that have arisen or may arise from the unlawful, illegal and/or unethical conduct by staffers and/or employees of (i) State Institutions, State Owned Enterprises [SOE’s], (ii) Business enterprises, as well as (iii) private individuals.
The Consultancy offers a fee-based service to registered clients who are able to offer bona fide and prima facie evidence that he/she/they
1. Has/have been affected negatively/adversely in contravention of the Constitution and formal legislation by, inter alia,
1.1. Harmful Business Practices: Existing unsolved/unresolved, contract-based disputes between (a) business enterprises and (b) individual/corporate consumers, where further investigation and analysis of evidence may be required. The focus is on [harmful business] practices where regular de iure problem solving mechanisms have failed and mala fide actors force clients to approach courts for judicial relief;
1.2. Existing cases based on crime, corruption and unlawful practices where bona fide legal actions and processes have intentionally been blocked and/or delayed unreasonably by mala fide actors;
2. Has/have exhausted all reasonable lawful options and/or remedies available within the context of the Constitution and existing legislation, to solve the dispute[s].
3. Has/Have suffered financial damages and set-backs not of their own doing, and are about to suffer more damages and/or future loss of income as a result of (1) and (2) hereabove, with no hope of compensation for past and future damages without the intervention of intermediaries, professional litigators and the official justice system.
4. Has/Have the need to report - on confidential basis - malign practices in respect of (i) intimidation, (ii) revenge and/or (iii) attacks on persons who report crimes and corruption in their respective capacities as
4.1. Personally affected complainants, or
4.2. Clandestine whistle-blowers.
The Consultancy establishes - where necessary - a functional confidential one-way reporting channel of critical confidential/private information for reporting per direct communication or e-mail to relevant authorities.
5. Has/Have the need for assistance with The Way Forward - within post-litigation context - by Subject Matter Experts [S.M.E’s] to minimize losses suffered, generate compensational income, and prevent repeat occurrences of the same kind, through Personal Intelligence Networks [P_IntelNet].
Principal Client Mandates to the Consultancy:
1. Assisting, and/or acting on instruction of client[s] as (i) Process and Procedure Consultants and (ii) Litigation Intermediaries [Attorneys in Fact]:
a. To manage, in close cooperation with the client[s], the (i) investigation process and procedures of evidence and exhibit gathering & recording, (ii) fact checking, advising client[s] on the various legal requirements and onus of proof relevance [of the evidence and exhibits];
b. To act as pre-litigation intermediaries, establishing Anchor Points for formal litigation;
c. To obtain, if required, the technical opinions of Subject Matter Experts [SME’s], such as medical professionals, engineers and academics, on the [technical] success prospects of the litigation;
d. To assist the client[s] with retrospective prediction of possible outcomes to plan for post-litigation scenario’s. This includes the design of a Personal Intelligence Network [P_IntelNet] for possible future security applications in the present Age of Judicial and Law Enforcement Insecurity.
2. Critical analysis and audit of open-source documentation and evidence [Exhibits] available within the context of the Onus of Proof and Relevance rules in criminal court and civil court litigation respectively.
3. Case Validity Verification within the context of the audi alteram partem or audiatur et altera pars principle: Listen to the other side / Let the other side be heard as well.
4. Systemizing and correct filing of evidence and documentary exhibits.
5. Review and Format & Fact Checking of witness statements, the contacting of additional witnesses and obtaining of additional affidavits.
6. Preparation of [documentary] evidence for filing in court [Directly or via legal representatives].
7. Drafting of formal Client Affidavit[s] for purpose[s] of formal prosecution and litigation purposes, and
8. Summarizing case-related facts for (i) SAPS Investigator[s], (ii) State Prosecutors, (iii) Legal representatives and (iv) other institutions/organizations/persons, inter alia SA Revenue Services [SARS], the media (i) and other investigations.
9. Securing docket & evidence bundle safety: safe-keeping of investigation dockets and evidence bundles in triplicate.
10. Investigation of Alternative Dispute Resolution [ADR] options & methods that may prove to be beneficial to client[s].