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CONVEYANCING ATTORNEY FOR DAVID VAN ONSELEN, SOLE PROPRIETOR OF VO ATTORNEYS, HIS LENGTHY JOURNEY IN PRACTISE HAS BEEN UNUSUAL
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ABOVE: David van Onselen – after 40 years in legal practise, his niche is now conveyancing.
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ranted, 40 years is a long time to find your niche in legal practise. This statistic still surprises David van Onselen, the sole proprietor of Van Onselen or VO Attorneys, a specialised conveyancing firm he established in 2016. Fortunately, time is also a great tutor, which explains to some extent why David was able to enter his new venture with complete confidence. After all those years he knew a great deal about his strengths and capabilities and, indeed, about all those things which conduce to success in his chosen field. Add to that, two key staff members who believed absolutely in what David represented professionally, and you have the makings of a jumpstart into business. The roll-out has been way above expectation. Drilling back into David’s background, he comes from a family steeped in law enforcement and creative writing. It’s therefore not surprising to hear he stands for so much more than conveyancing. He has a sound sense of justice – of right versus wrong, and the law’s role in controlling public behaviour patterns. This was graphically demonstrated in the early 1990s when he championed the cause to change law. Under the acronym TUFF (The Unmarried Fathers Fight), his action group helped bring a substantial amendment to Statute Law relating to unmarried fathers’ rights – changes which are today very much part of the Child Care
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