Webber Wentzel

Dispute Resolution Practice

Partner

Dario focuses on all aspects of media, communications and information law; corporate and tax litigation and alternative dispute resolution; data protection and privacy; and crisis and reputation management for corporates. He has acted for the media in numerous high profile cases, including the defamation case brought by President Zuma against the cartoonist Zapiro, and has been lead attorney in many of the media freedom cases decided by the South African courts.

He has acted for a number of high profile public figures in litigation to vindicate their reputation, including former ministers Trevor Manuel and Derek Hanekom. He also acts for Mrs Graça Machel in her complaint before the HPCSA against one of former president Nelson Mandela’s doctors for authoring a book, Mandela’s Last Years, which Mrs Machel alleges violated doctor-patient confidentiality.​

He litigates in all superior courts in South Africa as well as specialised tribunals and fora such as the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa; the Films and Publications Board; the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa; the Complaints and Compliance Committee of the ICASA; the Advertising Regulatory Board and the Tax Court.

PhD, University College London, 2005 LLM (Communications Law), University College London, 2002 LLM (Company Law and Constitutional Law), University of the Witwatersrand, 1997 LLB and M.Comm (Taxation), University of the Witwatersrand B.Com, University of the Witwatersrand, 1995 Admitted solicitor of England and Wales Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa