Editor in Chief
Sheren Govinden is a Barrister called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and he is also admitted to practice at the Bar of Mauritius. Sheren is a tenant at the chambers of a previous Minister of Justice of Mauritius.
His practice focuses on construction law, employment law, corporate law, and procurement law. He appears before all the Courts of Mauritius including the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
Sheren has also lectured at the University of Mauritius to pursue his passion of transferring knowledge and is also a Contributor for the World Bank.He is also a consultant in an International Arbitration Firm, headquartered in Chennai.
Contributors
Mélina Lopez Sewdeen is a lawyer-linguist graduated with a Master’s degree in International and European Law and a double major degree in Law and English in France. Mélina worked for the Spanish government, but also practised European and Mauritian Law in an International Law firm in Mauritius.She is currently based in France.
Holding the French, Mauritian and Spanish nationalities, Mélina is interested with the interaction between international law and national laws, trying to take advantage of her cultural diversity and legal knowledge at an international level.
Mogantheran Naidoo is a dynamic, strategic thinker with entrepreneurial flair and with great customer relations skills. He is currently working as a Manager of Global Projects for a multinational company.
He graduated cumme laude for both his Masters in Business Administration and his Mechanical Engineering degree. He has wide experience in the retail, packaging, pharmaceutical and construction industry where he has held managerial roles.
He has also wrote a book entitled "Infilience: How to survive retrenchment". He piloted the concept of Infilience- an amalgamation of infinite resilience to describe the qualities needed by an individual to bounce back from setbacks. Mogantheran is a natural problem solver and he provides his insights and strategies about the business world with a special focus in the Indian Ocean and African Region.
Gabrielle Rochecouste is an aspiring solicitor in England and Wales currently undertaking her Legal Practice Course. She studied Law and Political Science as well as International Law at the University of Bordeaux and holds a Master’s degree in Common Law and Anglo-American Business Law from the University of Paris Descartes.
She also practiced French law in a boutique law firm in Paris. She is also well conversant in Mauritian Law in as much as she acquired work experience at two business law firms in Mauritius. Having evolved in a corporate environment, Gabrielle’s main interests focus on corporate and commercial law.
The purpose of this platform
We need to remember that the law that governs individuals, corporations or any entities is not static. New laws are being constantly passed in parliament and some older ones are changed.Though every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information provided please bear in mind that the laws are always subject to change without notice.
The topics that will be addressed on this platform will indeed cover many aspects of our daily life and I hope that the readers find in it a way of educating themselves and being a better learned
person. This platform cannot replace expert legal advice and will never aspire to do so.
I sincerely hope that this platform will help every Mauritian citizens, law/bar students and people who wish to settle or conduct business in Mauritius to understand legalese terms in a simple language. The specificity of this platform is that sections of the law will not be cited, reference of judgments will only be made for landmark principles and that before having an article published on this platform it will be read by someone from a non-legal background to make sure that it is easy to understand.
The idea of creating this platform took birth while I was volunteering in South Africa and I have always been inspired by a quote of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world".
I hope that you find it useful.
Regards,