Klass Looch Associates was formed in 1986 by former specialised Occupational Health and Safety Court prosecutors to advise employers (individuals ands corporate bodies) on compliance with occupational health and safety legislation and to represent employers at inquisitorial procedures and criminal trials pertaining to occupational health and safety legislation. Inquisitorial procedures are held by inspectors attached to the Departments of Labour and Mineral and Energy.

I am currently the Managing Member of Klass Looch Associates. I obtained my BA.LLB at Pretoria University and joined the Department of Justice in 1983 and was admitted to the Bar as an advocate in 1984. I served as a prosecutor in the Mining Court (OHS Court) until resigning in 1986 to form Klass Looch Associates after identifying a need to offer employers a specialised service. Since 1986 I has successfully represented many employers in criminal matters pertaining to the occupational health and safety legislation and am the  author of The Guideline to the Machinery & Occupational Safety Act. I have  delivered many papers on the Act and regularly write articles on the Act to a variety of specialised magazines.

I was born in Pretoria. Attended primary school in Durban and Pretoria and high school at Pretoria Boys High School.