Randall has more than two decades’ post-admission experience as an attorney.  He advises clients on individual and collective aspects of employment law. This includes advising clients on the employment law implications of the restructuring of an enterprise, take-overs and mergers, collective bargaining, unfair dismissal disputes and restraint of trade disputes. Randall advises clients involved in workplace-based negotiations and collective bargaining disputes such as changes to terms and conditions of employment and wage negotiations.  In 2011 Randall served a term as an Acting Judge of the Labour Court.

Importantly, Randall assists clients in investigations into serious allegations against executive and managerial employees.  Many of these investigations involve advising the board of a private or public entity on how best to deal with executive/ senior managerial misconduct efficiently and expeditiously.  Invariably this work involves considering voluminous documents including relevant policies and procedures, audit reports, financial reports, forensic reports and interviewing persons (including providers of goods and services) involved in transactions and authorisations concerning payment or receipt of funds.  In doing this work Randall and his team prepare reports for clients following the investigations, assist clients in formulating allegations of serious misconduct arising from the investigations and represent clients in disciplinary hearings or tribunals against executive and other senior employees.

Randall regularly represents client in the Labour Courts, the High Court, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (the CCMA) and various bargaining councils.  These clients have included the Irvin & Jonson Ltd. Pick ‘n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd, Transnet SOC Ltd, Truworths Ltd, the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town.

Randall’s private sector experience includes acting for clients in the retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, transport and the financial services sectors.

Randall’s local government experience includes many years of work in this area.  Notably, Randall advised and represented the City of Cape Town in taking disciplinary action against senior employees involved in procurement irregularities.  Randall also advised the City of Cape Town in disciplinary action against Metropolitan Police offers engaged in unlawful strike action (2008).

Randall has extensive experience in representing clients, typically large institutions, in defending alleged unfair dismissal disputes.  In this regard Randall regularly represents and appears for clients in arbitrations (both CCMA and private arbitrations) and the Labour Court.  Randall is regularly involved in urgent applications covering a range of areas including interdicting unlawful strike action, restraints of trade and ensuring the protection and security of clients’ information pending the outcome of disciplinary action.

Since 2009 Randall has advised the University of Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch.  His advice includes assisting these large employers with changes to terms and conditions of employment affecting thousands of employees, disputes concerning the termination of fixed term contracts and retrenchments.  During 2016 Randall advised the University of Cape Town on student protests and was the Initiator in disciplinary tribunals.