Deniro Pillay
Deniro Pillay
Biography
Deniro is a dispute resolution and litigation lawyer based in Durban.
His areas of focus are:
- Medical law and malpractice litigation – he acts for private hospital groups in South Africa and their public liability insurers, and two provincial departments of health in South Africa.
- Professional indemnity litigation – he acts for doctors, nurses, healthcare practitioners, lawyers, auditors and accountants, insurance brokers, architects and engineers, and their professional indemnity insurers.
Deniro heads the NRFSA medical law team, which comprises of 28 lawyers based at the firm's Sandton, Durban and Cape Town offices. This specialist team, which is one of the largest in South Africa, primarily focuses on the defence of medical malpractice claims against private hospital groups, two provincial departments of health and medical practitioners. The team also provides regulatory and insurance advice in the healthcare sector.
Deniro obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 2006 and Master of Laws (LLM-Business Law) degree in 2008 from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
He is an admitted attorney, conveyancer and notary public of the High Court of South Africa.
Deniro is a member of the NRFSA Supervisory Board of Directors.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
· Deniro is acting on behalf of several private hospital groups and their public liability insurers in respect of defending medical negligence claims which exceed ZAR1 billion in total value.
· Deniro leads the NRFSA team acting on behalf of two provincial Department of Health in South Africa in respect of defending medical negligence claims which exceed ZAR15 billion in total value.
· Deniro is acting on behalf of a leading civil and structural engineering firm and its professional indemnity insurer in respect of defending a ZAR20.9 million professional negligence claim.
· Deniro is acting on behalf of an auditing firm and its professional indemnity insurer in respect of defending a ZAR12 million professional negligence claim.
· Deniro is acting on behalf of several medical specialist and their professional indemnity insurers in respect of HPCSA complaints and disciplinary inquiries.
· Deniro is acting on behalf of several auditors and their professional indemnity insurers in respect of IRBA complaints.
Education
Education
2006, LLB - University of KwaZulu Natal
2008, LLM - University of KwaZulu Natal
Admissions
Admissions
- Attorney qualified in the Republic of South Africa 2010
- Notary Public and Conveyancer 2010
Publications
Publications
May 2023 – Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: Unfair delays lead to doctor's permanent stay of disciplinary proceedings | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
May 2023 - Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: Prescription does not run against a mentally incapacitated claimant despite having a curator | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
February 2023 - Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: A reminder to employers; failure to guard against foreseeable harm at the workplace may attract liability | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
November 2022 - Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: The occupier of a property has a legal duty to prevent foreseeable harm to persons visiting the property | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
June 2022 - Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: Negligent conduct does not automatically attract liability | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
June 2022 - Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: Court re-enforces the principles relating to expired tenders | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
November 2020 – Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot: When does a healthcare practitioner's claim for damages for malicious HPCSA proceedings prescribe? | Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot
January 2020 – Health Law Pulse: No case for sub-threshold hypoxic ischemic injury in cerebral palsy claims | Health Law Pulse (thehealthlawpulse.com)
October 2018 – Health Law Pulse: Covering doctors have an immediate legal duty of care to patients | Health Law Pulse (thehealthlawpulse.com)
Languages
Languages
- English
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