Suzette van der Merwe

Suzette was awarded a BA degree (Psychology) (1991) and then completed a 3 year LLB (1994) at the University of Stellenbosch.  Following completion of her articles, she was admitted as an attorney in 1999.  She first practiced for about 4 years at a prominent law firm in Cape Town and then joined MacRobert in 2003 as a senior Associate.  She obtained the postgraduate qualification of Certificate in Medicine and the Law from UNISA in 2004 and was made a Partner in 2008. 

Suzette has litigated in South Africa for 25 years and has gained extensive experience in professional indemnity and liability law in the health sector over that period.  Suzette regularly represents professionals in civil and criminal courts, disciplinary and regulatory inquiries and inquests.  She advises practitioners and medical societies daily on a range of aspects in the health law field, from consumer and data protection to ethics.

Suzette believes that there is much value in alternative dispute resolution and negotiation and in 2024, she qualified herself as an IMI Commercial Mediator.  She was accredited to CEDR in the UK that same year.

Suzette is frequently invited as a speaker at medical symposia and has also lectured in ethics to medical students at the University of Stellenbosch’s Tygerberg campus for the past 5 years.

She has rights of appearance in the High Court of South Africa.

Contact:

+27 (21) 001 7876

svdmerwe@macrobert.co.za