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Fisher, Quarmby & Pfeifer
offer full legal services in all areas
of the law including general commercial
law. Our general law practice covers a
broad range of services with particular
emphasis on real estate and property law,
labour law, 3rd personal injury claims
insurance law, High Court litigation,
conveyancing and estate administration,
wills and probate including formation
and administration of trusts.
Our intellectual property
law practice includes patents, trade marks,
copy-right and registered designs. We
receive process and prosecute applications
for patents, trade marks and registered
designs from outside Namibia and prepare
specifications and applications for filing
in Namibia. Furthermore, we handle litigation
involving the defence and enforcement
of intellectual property rights. We have
our own renewal systems, mostly electronic,
for maintaining patents, registered designs
and trade marks.
To assist with referrals to
our firm we provide a few important guidelines.
The concept of Roman Dutch
Law with influences from English law of
South Africa and augmented by Namibian
traditional laws today apply to Namibia.
Since Independence Namibia
remained part of the South African Rand
monetary area, however has its own currency,
being the Namibia Dollar (N$). The Bank
of Namibia regulates all commercial banks
in terms of the Bank of Namibia Act of
1997 (Act 15 of 1997) and the Banking
Institutions Act of 1998 (Act 2 of 1998).
Various business entities
can be created, under statute law, the
usual public and private companies and
close corporations and under common law,
i.e. foundations, trusts and partnerships.
Any person intending to become
active in business or any other enterprise
require a work permit from the Namibian
authorities.
Foreign investments are encouraged
in Namibia and are regulated by the Foreign
Investment Act of 1990 (Act 27 of 1990).
Labour relations are
regulated at present by the Labour Act
of 1992 (Act 6 of 1992), but an updated
and reviewed law is in the pipeline.
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