Sam is a director at our firm and has been with Miller du Toit since 2011 after she qualified with a LL B and LL M (cum laude) from the University of the Western Cape.

She is an admitted attorney of the Western Cape High Court and has practiced as a specialised family law attorney since admission.

In addition to her vast experience in both Regional and High Court litigation (including attending to the appearances herself), Sam has a keen interest in and practical understanding of artificial reproductive technologies (“ART)” and the ever evolving legal conundrums that flow therefrom. Her experience in this regard includes but is not limited to the drafting and implementation of South African and cross-border surrogacy agreements as well as embryo donation.

She remains an ardent researcher and in addition to having written and presented many papers at our annual conference (of which she also assists in organising), she has also co-written and presented papers with Zenobia du Toit and Advocate Julia Anderssen of the Cape Bar. After their paper was published, Sam and Advocate Anderssen then presented their paper at a training workshop attended by Regional Court Magistrates in 2012.

Her paper titled “A synopsis of surrogacy agreements in South Africa” was published in the 2015 International Association of Family Lawyers Annual and her paper short titled” The importance of the genetic link” was published in the 2015 International Bar Association’s Annual Committee Newspaper.

Sam has also travelled extensively, both nationally and internationally, to attend conferences/workshops hosted by, including but not limited to, the International Surrogacy Forum, The Department of Social Development, the International Bar Association (of which she is a member) and the International Association of Family Lawyers.

samantha@mdtcinc.co.za