Nicola Irving
Nicola Irving
Biography
Nicola is a public interest lawyer based in Johannesburg.
Nicola's focus areas are environmental, administrative and child law. She has considerable experience in working on various pro bono and public interest litigation matters, including personal injury, within the context of police brutality, unlawful arrest and detention.
Nicola is also adept at dealing with instructions pertaining to evictions, maintenance, domestic violence and harassment.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Represented a community organisation in preventing the illegal dumping and open burning of waste in a densely-populated informal settlement in Johannesburg.
- Represented a non-profit company in formulating a prosecution manual for combatting pangolin-related wildlife crime in South Africa.
- Represented a group of informal waste reclaimers in registering a trust entity with the aim of creating a circular waste economy in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve.
- Represented a community trust established by one of South Africa's largest solar energy producers, by providing trust governance training and general advisory support.
- Represented a land claim community in Mpumalanga in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994.
Education
Education
- Master of Laws (LLM) in Environmental Law, with distinction from the University of Pretoria;
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), with distinction from the University of Pretoria; and
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Law, with distinction from the University of Pretoria.
Admissions
Admissions
- qualified in South Africa 2023
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