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Barr-Mary Tyzack, Senior Associate | Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Barr-Mary Tyzack

Senior Associate Fasken
Language(s) English, Sepedi, Setswana, Zulu
Office(s) Johannesburg
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Overview

Barr-Mary Tyzack is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation Practice Group in the Johannesburg office. Her practice focuses on financial services, environmental law, administrative law and general commercial disputes.

She advises and assists clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Her financial services experience includes insurance and pension fund disputes, policy interpretation and governance-related matters. Her administrative and environmental law work encompasses public procurement, access to information, challenges to administrative decisions and disputes concerning environmental authorisations and water-use licenses. Her experience also extends to gas, petroleum and wind energy matters and MPRDA related disputes.

Barr-Mary's broader experience includes contractual, shareholder, construction and infrastructure disputes, as well as matters involving traditional communities and life sciences. She also advises on regulatory compliance, data protection, product liability and product recalls.

During her time as a candidate attorney at the firm, Barr-Mary gained experience in Finance and Projects, as well as Labour, Employment and Human Rights. Before joining the firm, she worked for a global integrated energy and chemical company.

Barr-Mary combines legal and commercial insight with a strategic, client-focused approach to resolving disputes.

Achievements

Career & Education

Education

  • Certificate, Sports Law
  • LLM, Mercantile Law University of Pretoria
  • LLB University of the Western Cape

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member Legal Practice Council of South Africa 2022

Knowledge

  • Disrupt or Conform: Striking the Perfect Balance Between Innovation and a Regulatory Landscape, 11/12/2024
  • Complexities of product liability issues in order to navigate consumer complaints and recalls effectively, 5/27/2024
  • Navigating Product Liability and Product Recalls, 2/20/2024
  • Valuable Insights on Product Liability and Product Recalls, 9/12/2023
  • Fight or flight?: The Pursuit of Stability and Integrity in the Insurance Industry, 11/21/2022
  • The role of the principles of good faith and ubuntu in the law of contract, 5/30/2022
  • Regulations Relating to PAIA 2021, 12/6/2021
  • Red Flag Series: Commencement of Certain Provisions of the Cybercrimes Act, 12/6/2021
  • The Exclusion of COVID-19 Vaccines from the Operation of Certain Provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1956, 11/23/2021
  • Opening of the Application Process for Hemp Permits, 11/23/2021

Events

News

Publications

  • Still unprepared, despite increasing risks, 10/10/2023
  • On the regulatory front… prepare for what’s to come, 4/4/2023
  • Third party risk is on the rise, 11/24/2022
  • Medical Devices & Consumer Health Products 2021, 8/31/2021
  • Insurers must remember to KISS (keep it simple, stupid): Tips on the use of plain language in insurance contracts, 6/7/2021
Article, Co-Author Still unprepared, despite increasing risks FANews
Article, Co-Author Third party risk is on the rise FA News

Speaking Engagements

  • Young Professionals Event 2026, 8/6/2026
  • Insurance in the Construction in the Construction Industry
  • SMME's and COVID-19: Contractual Obligations, Tax Measures and Industrial Relations
Moderator Young Professionals Event 2026 Fasken's Young Professionals Event location location Sandton, South Africa
Presenter Insurance in the Construction in the Construction Industry
Presenter SMME's and COVID-19: Contractual Obligations, Tax Measures and Industrial Relations