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Barbara Johnston is a co-founder of Clark & Johnston and an attorney admitted in 2012. Her corporate and commercial practice places particular emphasis on drafting commercial agreements and facilitating business sales and acquisitions. She brings both private practice and in-house experience to her work.

Her experience also includes international labour law research and compliance, supporting a South African retail group's expansion into international markets. Barbara holds an LLB and an LLM in Medical Law from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

Liza Bagley-Yuill is an attorney who works with Clark & Johnston Attorneys as an independent consultant. She has broad experience in legal practice and the wider legal services industry. Her practice has focused on litigation, especially civil and commercial disputes and family law, including matters in the High Court, as well as a varied conveyancing practice including transfers, bonds and development work.

Liza began her career in conveyancing and commercial law, with a particular focus on banking matters. As a director at a leading firm she ran a varied practice covering commercial work, general litigation, mediation and family law. She later practised at two further firms in Durban. There she handled a broad litigation caseload that included civil and commercial litigation, family law and consumer law as well as bond registrations and property transfers.

Liza is an admitted Conveyancer and Notary Public, so she can support clients with property transfers and notarial work as well as property related disputes. She later worked as a Business Development Consultant for court bonds at a major insurer. That role gave her a practical, commercial understanding of the security and guarantee instruments that often come up in litigation. She has an advanced diploma in insolvency litigation.