He said the firm was registered with the Law Society for the Northern Provinces only one day before it was nominated, that it operated from a residential property and uses a mobile number.
Attorney Umika Gopichund said she was aware of this latest application and intends opposing it insofar as it relates to her or her firm.
Schoeman, she said, has made “frivolous comments in his application against myself, which I take exception to, and reserve my rights to institute an action for defamation against him”.
Gopichund said she is not involved in Makate’s case against Vodacom and has been instructed only to hold 50% of the funds payable, pending the outcome of the current dispute.
“The true nature of Umika Gopichund Attorneys is that it is a registered law firm, which has complied with all the requirements of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, and holds a certificate of good standing from the said law society. I am a competent attorney with more than 13 years of post-admission experience, whose credentials have never been questioned throughout my career. I have administered trust accounts for clients previously and have an unblemished record with the law society,” she added.
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