Our Key Personnel

Prior to joining DNC Chambers, Noel worked for Savjani & Co and Chagwamnjira & Company for 10 and 6 years respectively. Whilst at Chagwamnjira & Co he rose to the positions of Head of Litigation and Managing Counsel. He was a senior associate at Savjani & Co for many years.

Noel is driven by a passion to serve clients effciently. effectively and ethically.
Noel has been the legal advisor of the Netball Association of Malawi for the past five years.
Noel is also a fiction writer and poet. He has published some of his works in various local and international publications.

• Employment law including handling litigation and advising on issues such as terminations caused by operational requirements. disciplinary processes, occupational health and safety, pension, workers'compensation, drafting documents for disciplinary processes as well as drafting and reviewing employment contracts terms and conditions of service and work policies in general;
• Commercial law
• Debt collection including on behalf of financial institutions:
• Personal injury litigation: defending insurance companies and prosecuting personal injury claims;
• Administrative law including making judicial review applications:
• Tort including prosecuting and defending medical negligence cases;
• Mining and environmental law including defending claims arising from mining activities
• Family relations including divorce, maintenance as well as custody and adoption of children;
• Probate

• Advised on conflict of laws in a matter where an international client had a claim for a debt of sums of money in the region of $12 million against a Malawian company.
• Handled a major personal injury claim involving millions of Kwachas in which the claimant had sustained third degree burns in the course of employment at an industrial site.
• Handled an insurance matter in which a client was claiming the sum of USD 250,000 under an insurance contract.
• Advised a local client on restructuring process that would otherwise result in numerous unfair dismissal claims.
• Handled an unfair dismissal claim in which the claimants were claiming millions of Kwachas.
• Successfully defended an arbitration matter relating to a construction and engineering contract on behalf of an international client.
• Handled over 5 class actions arising from mining and quarrying activities
• Represented a major client, its subsidiary and employees in a multi-billion-Kwacha defamation, breach of privacy and loss of business claim.
• Was part of a team that advised a major local client on a claim for damages for alleged human rights violations in an action commenced in a foreign court. The matter also involved collaborating with international counsel who were handling the case in the foreign jurisdiction.
• Represented a mining company a judicial review matter involving the cancellation of a mining licence.
• Handled a matter involving registration of a court order obtained in England, for purposes of enforcement in Malawi.

• 2006: Bachelor of Laws (Honours). University of Malawi. Chancellor College

• English
• Chichewa