Candice Pillay

Head of Social Impact Law, South Africa
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc

Johannesburg
South Africa
T:+27 11 865 8701
Johannesburg
South Africa
T:+27 11 865 8701
Candice Pillay

Candice Pillay

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Biography

Candice Pillay is a litigation lawyer and the head of the Social Impact Law. In this role she focusses on pro bono litigation and access to justice projects.

Candice has experience as an insurance and risk litigation lawyer with specific focus on personal injury, medical negligence and public and product liability cases.

She also has an extensive human rights practice focussing on strategic and impact litigation in the public interest.

Candice received the African Legal Awards in 2016 for her work with child victims of sexual violence and again in 2019 for her solar education projects in schools.

She recently won the Probono.Org awards for her contribution to police assault cases and for her outstanding contribution to access to justice for poor and vulnerable litigants.


Professional experience

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  • BProc and LLB degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand
  • MBA from the University of Pretoria in 2018
  • Lawyer, qualified in South Africa 1999
  • African Legal Awards in 2016 for her work with child victims of sexual violence.
  • African Legal Awards in 2019 for her solar education projects in schools.
  • English

Insights

South Africa: Sustainability and ESG

Publication | October 19, 2022