Who is Serisha Azaria Moodley?

ATTORNEY | CONVEYANCER | NOTARY PUBLIC
BA (Law) LL.B - University of KwaZulu Natal
Admitted Conveyancer 2004 | Notary Public 2006
Admittance to High Court of SA 2009

SERISHA AZARIA MOODLEY graduated from the University of KwaZulu Natal with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995, followed by a Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1997. Serisha attended the School for Legal Practice - KwaZulu Natal in 1999, passing with outstanding performance at the top of her class.

After completing her articles at SIVEN SAMUEL & ASSOCIATES in Durban, she remained at the firm as a Professional Assistant before making the decision to embark into a sole proprietorship, specialising in Family and Property law.

Serisha was admitted as a Conveyancer & Notary Public in the High Court of South Africa in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

Her vision and determination for growth, expansion and success lead her to the decision to relocate to Gauteng in 2007.

Serisha briefly worked with VOS ATTORNEYS after which was invited by ROBERT KLINKENBERG to join KLINKENBERG INC.  ATTORNEYS team in May 2008. She was admitted with Right of Appearance to the High Court of South Africa in 2009.

Serisha headed the Conveyancing Department at KLINKENBERG INC. Unfortunately due to the tragic passing of the firms sole director, ROBERT KLINKENBERG, on 3 December 2015, KLINKENBERG INC. was closed down in December 2015.

Serisha has since founded AZARIA LEGAL & LIFE (PTY) LTD as well as SERISHA AZARIA MOODLEY INC. (Attorneys, Conveyancers & Notaries).

Drafting is her forte, which is why she was chosen to form part of a team of attorneys who attended to the drafting and vetting of contracts for one of South Africa’s major financial institutions’ IT Vendor Procurement Departments.

Serisha is a great advocate of the empowerment of women and those employed by the firm and actively embraces the development of employee skills to provide service excellence to our clients. Serisha is intent to remain abreast with the dynamic nature of the law and has attended various seminars as and when necessary with respect to updates in various fields of law. Some of these courses are listed below.

Outside of her career and business endeavours Serisha has always been an independent woman, public figure and speaker since the young age of 21. Serisha's family and strong spiritual values are very important to her and serves as her moral compass. Today she is the proud wife of Specialist Medical Doctor & Surgeon, Lubendran (Vivian) Govender - celebrating their 20th Wedding Anniversary this year, as well as the mother of two beautiful young daughters. 

Courses and Seminars Attended:

• Conveyancing New Developments (Presenter: AS West, January 2009)
• Dealing with the Pension Benefit on Divorce (Presenter: Ms Nolwazi Boqwana 2009)
• Conveyancing: New Developments (Presenter: AS West, 2010)
• National Credit Act (Presented: Gauteng Law Council, 4 August 2010)
• Drafting Property Agreements in Line with the Consumer Protection Act (Presenter: Professor Corlia van Heerden, November 2011)
• Sectional Title Seminar (Presenter: Gawie le Roux, January 2013)
• Conveyancing Update (Presented: AS West, 2013)
• Contract and Commercial Law Seminar (Presenter: Mr Danie Strachan, 17 July 2013)
• Sectional Titles Township Developments & Bonds (Presenter: C. Peter-Swart, 2013)
• Accrual in Divorces (12 April 2013)
• The Consumer Protection Act, Sales & Leases (August 2013)
• Conveyancing Update (Presented: AS West, 2014)
• Agreement of Sales – Underlying Principles (Presenter: Gawie le Roux, March 2014)
• Consolidation Of Properties (Presenter: Gawie le Roux & Erinda Frantzen, April 2014) 
• Trust Law Update (Presenter: Professor Willie v/d Westhuizen, 02 June 2014)
• Lease Agreements, Eviction & Rental Recovery(24 June 2014)
• New Companies Act
• Consumer Protection Act
• Lease Agreement, Eviction and Rental Recovery
• New Rental Housing Amendment Act (17 October 2014)
• Commercial Law Training Programme (20 October 2014 – 24 October 2014)
• Conveyancing update, Legal Education and Development (23 January 2015)