Ruan Steenkamp

About Ruan

Ruan specialises in civil litigation with a particular passion for personal injury law. He has extensive experience in particularly Road Accident Fund litigation. As an attorney representing road accident victims, he boasts the legal knowledge, skill and experience gained by representing hundreds of clients for many years in achieving the best possible results in finalizing their claims against the RAF. In addition to his experience as a claimant’s attorney, he previously acted as a legal representative on behalf of the Road Accident Fund, defending claims lodged with the Road Accident Fund, and litigating against Plaintiffs for nearly 10 years. He has extensive knowledge of the workings of the RAF process and procedures his following his secondment to the RAF in 2009 as a Project Manager, assisting the Organization with developing internal litigation structures and training personnel on litigation and setting up internal litigation departments nationally. Ruan accordingly has a deep understanding of the RAF, not only the legal knowledge, but also knowledge of the inner workings of the RAF as an organization, processes and procedures which claims are governed by, which awareness and familiarity proofs very valuable to his clients. Besides Ruan’s passion for the litigation and the law in general as well as the joy he receives from assisting and improving the lives of his client’s, he is furthermore a very active member of the organized profession. His involvement in the profession includes, among other: He has served as an executive Committee member of the Pretoria Attorneys Association (“PAA”) (2014 – 2019) He has served as the chairperson of the Attorneys Association’s Sub Committee for Road Accident Fund matters (2014 – 2019) He is serving as a Commissioner of the Small Claims Court at the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court since 2013. He is serving as a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council (“LPC”). He is an Active Member of the Association for Protection of Road Accident Victims (“APRAV”). For any litigation, personal injury matter or labour issue, Ruan can assist, and you will be guaranteed to receive superior service!

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